I'm done with Gaia. This contest is moving. Details inside.

[[Hollow Point]]

that's what i said.  

[cloudy4]

mrgreen  

[[Hollow Point]]

exclaim  

[cloudy4]

xd  

[[Hollow Point]]

Morgan hopes he wins.  

[cloudy4]

xp  

[[Hollow Point]]

Morgan would except the prize with gusto.  

[[Hollow Point]]

exclaim  

[[Hollow Point]]

The Moon's orbit is tilted by 5° to the ecliptic, ie it gets to 5° North and 5° South of the ecliptic. Hence it is as much as 28.5° north or south of the Celestial Equator and as little as 18.5° North or South. This means the Moon can be higher or lower than the Sun. The points where it crosses the Ecliptic are called the Nodes. These points precess (move backwards) with time.

Against the background stars the Moon moves about its own width (0.5°) every hour or a little over 13° per day. The Sun travels 1° per day, so, with respect to the Sun, the Moon travels 12° per day. Each month it moves all the way around the sky and a little more. The Moon moves around the Earth about 13 times in one year.

The Sun is the main offender in disturbances of the Moon's orbit, its gravitational influence being twice that of the Earth on the Moon. The Moon is affected by 150 direct periodic variations and 500 smaller variations in its passage.

The Moon arrives approximately 50 minutes later per day on the meridian (between 38 and 66 minutes). The variations are due to changes in orbital speed, variations in the Sun's apparent speed along the ecliptic and changes in the inclination of the Moon's orbit.  

[cloudy4]

well some one will, best of luck to whomever it is 3nodding  

[[Hollow Point]]

Our eyes adapt to light changes whereas cameras don't. Therefore as the sky gets dark it appears that the Moon is dazzling. In fact, it is only a dull grey colour. If we could surround the sky with full moons then the sky would still be only 1/4 as bright as one Sun in the sky even though the sky would be filled with 105,000 full moons. A full moon is 465,000 times fainter than a sunny day. The only reason why we are able to see features outside by moonlight is that the eye is amazingly adaptable. A sheet of white paper by moonlight is 2,000 times darker than black velvet in sunlight. Yet some people are able to read a book by moon light.


I agree.  

[TheShrike]

People who use the term "poser" should not be acknowledged at all. If they're that concerned and arrogant about their "unique-ness" that they feel the need to tell someone, "you're fake because you don't comply to these standards I have right here"... There is a problem.

 

[[Hollow Point]]

I think it's just us two. unless some jerk is lurking aroudn waiting to take it after our hard work.  

[[Hollow Point]]

TheShrike

People who use the term "poser" should not be acknowledged at all. If they're that concerned and arrogant about their "unique-ness" that they feel the need to tell someone, "you're fake because you don't comply to these standards I have right here"... There is a problem.

3nodding you have a good opinion  

[cloudy4]

we could throw confetti

(i concur, people that feel the need to compulsivley label people have issues, people are people, get over it xp )