Sounds like a perfect day for a big earthquake. The earth hasn't been tugged at this hard for 133 years. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:20:26 -0800 From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> Subject: [Paddlewise] One bright thing pre Y2K I got this from a friend at UC/Davis who wrote: START QUOTED STUFF---------------------- This comes from a fairly reliable source on campus. I'm not sure that this full moon will be so much brighter than other December full moons near perigee, but still, it sounds like a record-setter and a remarkable sight. This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, Dec 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point in its elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the year. On December 21st. 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming Territory. In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than the usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see this again. I hope someone else might find this interesting! Remember this will happen December 22, 1999. - ---------------------END QUOTED STUFF Sounds like a great night for an evening paddle; the waters will have a special silvery luster and shimmer to them. FYI: In the NYC area the moon will rise at around 5pm on Dec 22nd and set at 6am the next morning. Perfect!!!! ralph *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Matt Broze wrote: > > Sounds like a perfect day for a big earthquake. The earth hasn't been tugged > at this hard for 133 years. > START QUOTED STUFF---------------------- > This comes from a fairly reliable source on campus. I'm not sure that > this > full moon will be so much brighter than other December full moons near > perigee, but still, it sounds like a record-setter and a remarkable > sight. > > This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, > Dec > 22, Hmmm, so if the Y2K bug doesn't get you on 1/1/00, the moonbeams on the Dec 22nd will. If I could absolutely be certain of that I could just skip worrying about doing any Christmas shopping. :-) ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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