How can the dead moon shine?

We all have seen those new close up pictures of the moon. The ground there looks a lot like a bare patch of rocky ground on the earth. With this in mind, it is natural for a thoughtful young person to wonder how the drab moon can shine with such golden glory. The Full Moon glows like a golden lantern, and everybody knows that the flame inside a lantern must be lit to make it glow. But scientists have been saying for ages that the moon has no light of its own. As last the space age has given us photographs of the lunar landscape. .Now we all know for sure that it really is nothing more than a bare stretch of gritty ground, punctured with hollows and strewn with bumpy rocks. The moon has no light of its own to shed, no big, candle, no flame to make it glow. Nevertheless, we also know for sure that the moon does shine and shed its golden light upon the earth. You can understand this puzzle if you wait fox dark and try a few tricks with an ordinary flashlight. Choose a dark wall and aim ...  more