Definition of "earthlight" []

• See earthshine. (noun)

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• "I remember hearing about research that suggested that the amount of earth's reflected radiation or "earthlight" found by measuring the light intensity on the dark side of the moon has increased."
• "The final 60-90 seconds as Atlantis hits MECO and breaks free from the fuel tank in the darkness of space lit only by its own engines and the reflection of earthlight -- the sun reflected off the quarter-earth visible in frame."
• "A traditional technique for estimating the Earth's albedo is observation of the moon's ashgrey light — earthlight reflected from its dark hemisphere."