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Earthshine on the moon.
(credit: Courtesy of Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin)
Sunlight reflected from Earth, especially that reflected onto the dark side of the Moon. For a few days before and after each new moon, this doubly reflected light is powerful enough to make the whole Moon visible, producing the effect, in the case of the new moon, of “the new moon holding the old moon in her arms.”

earthshine [′ərth‚shīn]
(astronomy)
earthlight


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We publish our own holiday issue, this year filled with riches: Janet Hickman's Jericho (Greenwillow), Theresa Nelson's Earthshine (Orchard), Julius Lester's John Henry (Dial), and Peter Neumeyer's Annotated Charlotte's Web (Harper), to name a few.
Scrooge approaches the holidays by Silvey, Anita / The Horn Book Magazine
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