"Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
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> I think it is not "fudging". Ambient should be almost zero in
> space because there is no atmosphere. Ambient is actually
> a fudge itself, if I understand it correctly (and that is likely not
> the case), it is sort of a poor approximation of global lighting.
> In the case of space there ought not be any.

Reflected light would exist though even if no ambient light, although we
don't know if a bright moon is behind the camera.

Bob H.

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