Re: off topic questions

2011-07-04 Thread Frank Evans
Hello Brent and all, Wave height and strength depends on the strength and duration of a generating wind and on the fetch, or uninterrupted distance before the waves spread to reach the observer. In the Southern Ocean and the American west coast all of these, especially fetch, are large. If you

Re: off topic questions

2011-07-03 Thread Alexei Pace
I believe that is illegal as the Moon has been declared as the heritage of mankind. (ie. notwithstanding the 1969 'flag' planting which was just symbolic). So what the 'lunar registry' site shows is just money down the drain (or rather, down someone's pants at the other end!). On Mon, Jul 4, 20

Re: off topic questions

2011-07-03 Thread Brent
I never realized people were buying and selling the moon! That's hilarious, $30 per acre: http://www.lunarregistry.com/land/index2.shtml On 7/3/2011 6:15 PM, David Patte wrote: The moon is the right size and distance for a perfect eclipse. This is true, and also a coincidence. Current theory sa

Re: off topic questions

2011-07-03 Thread Roger Bailey
lide show with the sound on. Enjoy, Roger Bailey -- From: "Brent" Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 5:55 PM To: "Sundial List" Subject: off topic questions > Hello again; > > I ask because there are a lot of very smart people

Re: off topic questions

2011-07-03 Thread David Patte
The moon is the right size and distance for a perfect eclipse. This is true, and also a coincidence. Current theory says that the moon and earth split from each other eons ago, so we just happen to be living at the right time. Now, something else very odd about the moon, which most of us take

off topic questions

2011-07-03 Thread Brent
Hello again; I ask because there are a lot of very smart people on this list. It seems odd to me that the moon just happens to be the right size and the right distance between the earth and the sun to do the perfect eclipse. Is this just coincidence or is there some good reason for that? Al