bright moon??

Question

this might be a dumb question, but why does thwe moon look so bright to us here on earth, but when humans land on it it doesnt blind them or look bright then?

Answer 1

it's because the light on the moon comes from the sun. so when they land on it, it is not bright.

Answer 2

The Moon looks bright because we often view it from a dark location in a dark sky. When you see it in daylight (as you can right now) you see it's not bright at all. The Moon receives the same amount of sunlight as the Earth does (since we're both at the same distance from the Sun), but its surface is actually quite dark, about the colour of asphalt on a highway.

Answer 3

The moon cannot blind anyone because it doesn't produce it's own light. The bright moon we see is really the light of the sun being reflected by the moon.

Answer 4

astronauts would have been blinded, but they have protective insulation and thick uv filters on thier spacesuits, plus the brightness of the moon is relative to the sky being so dark,
it does reflect alot of light because of its light color, it dosent look super bright in the video and photos because they have simialar filters, or there might not have been an image at all, the sun is so bright out there with no atmosphere.
anyway. they would have gone blind, just like anybody in the snow would if they were there long enough without goggles.
does the snow blind you if you just look at it for a second,,,, no. but in space it would.

Answer 5

the moon is lit up by the suns light.
so is the earth.

moon has no atmosphere (small teeny tiny amount compared to earth)

earth has a huge atmosphere (tiny compared to jupiter)
our atmosphere protects us from harmful wavelengths the sun creates.

we don't wear spacesuits and/or infared protected gold plated visors in our helmets

asturuants do. because if they didn't they'd implode.
plus it protects them from the suns harmful powers.

so, I figure if we went to the moon with no protection, we'd have some pretty microwaved eyes left in our heads.


I'm sure it looks brighter down here because of the contrast of the "white" moon against the "blackness" of space. plus. I'm sure the cameras they used on the moon had protected and dimmed lenses as well.

oh damn wes. sorry. I just got through reading your answer after I made mine. Great minds think alike.

Vote for Wes he's first and he's right -------- so says me

Answer 6

i think it is all to do with distance[take a light shining from a distance it looks awesome but when you get up close it is just an other light bulb]and the light doesnt seem the same