Moon movement softens harsh shadows, however too much movement can create seemingly flat light.

月亮的移动可以柔化浓厚的阴影，但是移动过度则会使光线平淡。

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He saw mountains casting shadows on the moon and realised this body was a world, like the Earth, endowed with complicated terrain.

他看见群山在月亮上投下影子，于是才意识到月球正如地球一般，也是一个地形复杂的世界。

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Shortly afterwards he turned it on the skies. He saw mountains casting shadows on the moon and realised this body was a world, like the Earth, endowed with complicated terrain.

过了会儿，他举起望远镜，转向天空，看到了绵延的群山在月球投下的阴影，他猛然意识到这个天体是另一个“世界”，和地球一样，也被赋予了复杂的地形地貌。

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He saw mountains casting shadows on the moon and realised this body was a world, like the Earth, endowed with complicated terrain.

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The moon is full and the clouds scudding across its surface cast blue shadows on the snow.

BBC: Snowbound Slovenia

The electricity had failed, as it often did, and the full moon climbing the sky lit the scene indirectly, reflecting off the whitewashed walls, throwing dim shadows around the machinery strewn about, plows and planters, drags, harrows.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician