චන්ද්රයා පෘතුවිය ආසන්නයට පැමිණීම නිසා න
චන්ද්රයා මේ දිනවල පෘතුවිය ආසන්නයට පැමිණීම නිසා ඇතිවන වඩදිය-බාදිය හේතුවෙන්
ඊයේ නැව් 5ක් වැලි කඳු වල ගැටී තියනවා....ජල මට්ටම පහල යෑම නිසා සුපුරුදු නාවුක ගමන් මගේ
හදිසියේ මතුවූ මෙම වැලි කඳු වල ගැටුන නැව් අතර ටොන් 2,900ක භාණ්ඩ ප්රවාහන නෞකාවක්ද වෙනවා...
An aircraft flies past the moon over Somerset on Saturday night as it is at its closest point to the earth for almost two decades
Revellers stand beside St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, watching the moon as it is at its closest point to Earth for two decades
On Saturday night, the moon was closer to Earth than at any time since 1992 - just 221,567 miles away.
It meant it was around 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than typical full moons.
The reason for this is a phenomenon called the 'lunar perigee'.
The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an eclipse.
At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.
A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.
The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC
Moonhattan: The oversized moon adds to the lights of New York City as it rises over the city skyline
Something for everyone: Tourists, star-gazers and simple star-crossed lovers gathered to watch the moon rise over New York's East River
The moon is seen behind the top of the radio and television tower 'Funkturm' in Berlin
The moon as seen from the end of Worthing Pier in Sussex, looking east towards Beachy Head
A rugby match in Headingley, Leeds is bathed in an orange glow
Although supermoons usually lower tides by just an inch or so, some seas can lose more than six inches in depth – a particular problem in the sandbank-strewn Solent.
Tides are produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon.
Like a magnet, it tries to pull at anything on the Earth to bring it closer.
Tides are also affected by the moon’s comparative alignment with the sun.
Especially strong – or spring – tided also occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line.
Previous supermoons took place in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 - all years that had extreme weather events, the conspiracy theorists say
View of a full perigee moon over Manila, Philippines
The moon rises over east London
The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer
There are numerous myths that claim full-moons cause an outbreak of strange behaviour among people and animals. Indeed the term lunacy is derived from the name of Luna, the Roman moon goddess.
Legends depicted werewolves shape-shifting during a full moon and more recently a full orb was said to trigger labour in pregnant women.
However, several studies have failed to tie lunar phases to violence, suicides, seizures or admissions to psychiatric hospitals.
Meanwhile a 1999 study by astronomer Daniel Caton from Appalachian State University , which analysed 50million births, found no correlation between an increased birth rate and the full moon phase.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-blamed-ships-run-aground-British-coast.html
චන්ද්රයා මේ දිනවල පෘතුවිය ආසන්නයට පැමිණීම නිසා ඇතිවන වඩදිය-බාදිය හේතුවෙන්
ඊයේ නැව් 5ක් වැලි කඳු වල ගැටී තියනවා....ජල මට්ටම පහල යෑම නිසා සුපුරුදු නාවුක ගමන් මගේ
හදිසියේ මතුවූ මෙම වැලි කඳු වල ගැටුන නැව් අතර ටොන් 2,900ක භාණ්ඩ ප්රවාහන නෞකාවක්ද වෙනවා...
An aircraft flies past the moon over Somerset on Saturday night as it is at its closest point to the earth for almost two decades
Revellers stand beside St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, watching the moon as it is at its closest point to Earth for two decades
On Saturday night, the moon was closer to Earth than at any time since 1992 - just 221,567 miles away.
It meant it was around 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than typical full moons.
The reason for this is a phenomenon called the 'lunar perigee'.
The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an eclipse.
At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.
A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.
The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC
Moonhattan: The oversized moon adds to the lights of New York City as it rises over the city skyline
Something for everyone: Tourists, star-gazers and simple star-crossed lovers gathered to watch the moon rise over New York's East River
The moon is seen behind the top of the radio and television tower 'Funkturm' in Berlin
The moon as seen from the end of Worthing Pier in Sussex, looking east towards Beachy Head
A rugby match in Headingley, Leeds is bathed in an orange glow
Although supermoons usually lower tides by just an inch or so, some seas can lose more than six inches in depth – a particular problem in the sandbank-strewn Solent.
Tides are produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon.
Like a magnet, it tries to pull at anything on the Earth to bring it closer.
Tides are also affected by the moon’s comparative alignment with the sun.
Especially strong – or spring – tided also occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line.
Previous supermoons took place in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 - all years that had extreme weather events, the conspiracy theorists say
View of a full perigee moon over Manila, Philippines
The moon rises over east London
The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer
There are numerous myths that claim full-moons cause an outbreak of strange behaviour among people and animals. Indeed the term lunacy is derived from the name of Luna, the Roman moon goddess.
Legends depicted werewolves shape-shifting during a full moon and more recently a full orb was said to trigger labour in pregnant women.
However, several studies have failed to tie lunar phases to violence, suicides, seizures or admissions to psychiatric hospitals.
Meanwhile a 1999 study by astronomer Daniel Caton from Appalachian State University , which analysed 50million births, found no correlation between an increased birth rate and the full moon phase.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-blamed-ships-run-aground-British-coast.html
