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Originally Posted by Matt McIrvin
and then, later on, the astronauts can see things on the far side, which obviously would not have been possible if the whole far side had been dark.
My impression was that the script was actually far more scrupulously accurate than the special effects, which were tweaked more for storytelling purposes.
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Perhaps they had backed off of the "far side is the dark side" treatment by this time, thus the dark side could have been being lit by earthshine, making viewing possible.