Four friends were working together on a science fiction story. Their story took place on the moon. One of the students wrote a scene in which two of the characters were
looking up at the "crescent Earth" just as it was setting behind a mountain on the moon.
The students had different ideas about the scene. This is what they said:
Brett
I don't think you would see phases of the Earth. The Earth always lo
like a round blue ball from space. But I do think you would see the E
set.
Margot
I think we would see a "crescent Earth". It's just like being on Earth a
looking up at the moon. But the Earth would never set.
I agree that we would see a "crescent Earth". The "crescent Earth
set, but it would set very slowly
Scarlet
Hermione I don't think you would ever see a "crescent Earth" or ever see the E
rise or set.
Who do you think has the best idea about "Earth phases" and a rising and
setting Earth?