"On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet."
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisasters)
This is the reason for my photos of the moon as a news photo, the photos go along with the moon story. The story goes on to talk about the possibilities of natural destructive events happening around the world. The recent earthquake in Japan may not have anything to do with the phase of the moon or the proximity of the moon to the earth, but it causes one to stop and think that they could have a relationship to one another.
"The moon's gravity can even cause small but measurable ebbs and flows in the continents, called "land tides" or "solid Earth tides," too. The tides are greatest during full and new moons, when the sun and moon are aligned either on the same or opposite sides of the Earth.
According to John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, particularly dramatic land and ocean tides do trigger earthquakes. "Both the moon and sun do stress the Earth a tiny bit, and when we look hard we can see a very small increase in tectonic activity when they're aligned," Vidale told Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com."
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisasters)
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