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A Problem Squared

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The Problem With Reflection on the Moon

The moon is roughly as reflective as bitumen. It's not a good surface for shadow puppets because it reflects so little light. And that's before we get into how bright your torch is. You'd have to so much light at the moon, you're only going to get 12% of it back. That's in every direction, let alone coming straight back at you. The distance is involved. So, I didn't even bother.

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