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Saturn's moon Iapetus lit by Saturnshine. This is an enhanced picture; the Saturn light is too faint by contrast to be visible to the unaided human eye.

The phenomenon known as planetshine occurs when reflected sunlight from a planet illuminates the night side of one of its moons. Typically, this results in the moon's night side being bathed in a soft, faint light. The best known example of planetshine is earthshine, which can be seen from Earth when the Moon is a thin crescent. Planetshine has been observed elsewhere in the solar system: in particular, it has recently been used by the Cassini space probe to image portions of the moons of Saturn even when they are not lit by the Sun.

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Science@NASA: Earthshine Science@NASA: Earthshine science.msfc.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/12apr_earthshine.htm - Web

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020419.html - Web

Earthshine' Linked to Solar Cycle, Climate Change Earthshine' Linked to Solar Cycle, Climate Change www.space.com/.../earth_shine_010417.html - Web

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Scientists Watch Dark Side of the Moon to Monitor ... Scientists Watch Dark Side of the Moon to Monitor Earth's Climate www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0113.html - Web

Earthshine picture gallery on SkyTrip.de Earthshine picture gallery on SkyTrip.de www.skytrip.de/mond5.htm - Web

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