Moon
The lunar orbiter SMART-1 is due to crash-land on the Moon on 2 or 3 September: dates chosen to help ground telescopes spy on the impact.
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The effect of Moon on human affairs can be found in Burmese culture and astrology.
Posted by: Thet Naing Oo | September 2, 2006 10:22 AM
Wow! I think I saw it. I live in Honolulu, Hawaii and heard about it on a BBC webcast minutes before SMART-1 was supposed to crash. Standing outside on the balcony it was difficult to see the moon because of all the drifting clouds. Then, the clouds drifted a bit and at first I thought I saw a flash of a star toward the lower left side of the moon, but then after the clouds moved some more I realized the flash was actually located in the part of the moon that is in shadow...WOW...no telescope! It also seemed it was a little bit before 5:41 GMT (7:51 PM HST)
Posted by: SStar Watcher | September 3, 2006 07:41 AM
scientists are doi a great job
Posted by: Vani Nanda | September 4, 2006 05:54 PM
I would like to comment on the lunar cycle issue: - before I met my partner, for many years I lived without being on the contraceptive pill, and noticed that my menstrual cycle was exactly in sync with the moon. I would sometimes forget about the cycle and wonder why I was feeling particularly wide-awake, energetic, insomniac or emotial, and realise that the moon was full or that my period was due. I wonder what kind of statistical surveys of women have been done, and whether there are enough women not taking the pill to do a reasonable study. Now I have had a child, I am curious to know if my cycle will re-adjust to the lunar cycle this year. I loved that feeling of being slightly out of control....
Posted by: Amanda Whatley | September 4, 2006 07:54 PM
Re: Pull of the Moon
Most women are aware that our menstrual cycles will synchronise when we live in close contact with other women. Somewhere, I came across the theory that back in the good old days of cave dwelling, P-day for all women would fall on the full moon, to encourage the men to go out hunting on the brightest night. An interesting idea...
Posted by: Cassandra Gould | September 5, 2006 09:38 AM
The moon is gone.
She fled as dawn approached.
Dawn as a slowly opening eye.
White sea birds skimming over the water,
looking for an early morning snack.
The mirror brightens.
From a blood moon at dawn to a mirror
reflecting waking life...
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I woke her to take the moon.
Her campaign was swift and terrible.
Metallic and fierce.
Glaring up in the twilight.
But the moon was both implacable and unreachable
and in the end the war against the moon failed.
As dawn rose slowly from her bed, the moon slipped away.
But in the end, all that was lost,
was a little sleep....
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1 June 2007
Burning Moon
Moon Fire
Blood Moon
smoked Moon
Smoky Moon
Smouldering Moon
Posted by: Poetry | June 4, 2007 12:23 AM