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Opposition effect on the Moon

Opposition effect on the Moon
Opposition effect on the Moon The above image on the left shows the opposition effect observed via the retroreflective lunar regolith by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11. The image on the right was shot by Eugene Cernan on the Moon in 1972, showing this same effect a little more clearly. Left: NASA; right: NASA / Michael Light