Jay Utah-- impressive display of knowledge. I must admit that my own knowledge of asphalt is limited. It is interesting to know that asphalt's albedo changes. Perhaps a more appropriate comparison to the Moon's albedo is a blackboard, and not asphalt. I'll keep that in mind.

The Moon is not a specular reflector; properties in the soil make it tend to reflect light back in the direction from which it came. I plan on extensively adding to the Moon hoax page eventually, but I can hardly keep up with everything else right now. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Again, I am impressed with the level of knowledge of many of the readers of this board.