| If
you're thinking of buying a calendar for a Christmas
present, my astronomer contact from Ireland, Terry Mosel,
tells me that strange things are happening to the direction
of light this year.
He says:
There's a very nice looking calendar called "Moons",
by a photographer called Judd. Just be aware that all,
or almost all, of the photos are faked! Faked in the
sense that there's a telephoto shot of the moon superimposed
on a nice landscape shot. You can have great fun spotting
the inconsistencies (moon lit from one side, landscape
lit from the other, for example!), but buy it only if
you like the pretty pics.
Also, the National
Geographic Calendar called "Galaxies" features,
wait for it - NO shots of galaxies, but 12 shots of
Solar System objects! Some of them are old hat, or a
least well-known, such as a shot of Hale-Bopp. You would
spot that for yourself if buying it in a shop, but not
if you were getting it by mail-order.
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