Eerie, like the 'dark side of the moon'

[bigtree]

Andrew Kaczynski ?@BuzzFeedAndrew
Absolutely gorgeous Getty photo of upper vs. lower Manhattan tonight. http://twitpic.com/b9j6gu

[eqfan592]

1. Wow, that is eerie, tho for the record, there is no "dark side" of the moon. ;) (nt)

[bigtree]

2. just like that

[Art_from_Ark]

3. It is "dark" in the sense that it is always obscured from the Earth

And when the moon is full, then that side is, indeed, the "dark side" of the moon.

[eqfan592]

4. Yes, but it is not in a state of perpetual darkness as the name implies.

Far side of the moon is a more accurate description.

[Sugarcoated]

5. So you're both right

[bigtree]

6. it's actually a metaphor

In this case, I think it can refer to the artificial nature of the light from the illuminated portion of the city; juxtaposed with the artificial expectation of the same deliberate illumimation from the blacked-out section of Manhattan.

[Art_from_Ark]

8. Africa was once referred to as the "Dark Continent"

because so little was known about it at the time. I think the term "dark" was given to the other side of the moon because at the time, it was not observable from the Earth and thus almost nothing was known about it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. It's gorgeous, no matter what you call it, my dear bigtree!