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The Moon with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month

SciShow Tangents

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Three Historical Moon Mystery S

The origin of moon comes from the proto indo european route m e like me, i think, which means to measure it. In 19 seventies scientists were surprised to find that the moon had gotten warmer after astronauts landed on it. John herschel was a nineteenth century astronomer who created models of the moon's craters using boiled potatoes he carved and then photographed for the public. Leonardo de vinci painted portraits whose subject skin appeared unusually gray compared to his more famous fare. Number three, art historians illuminate divince's moonlight inspiration.

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