Rosco Bodine
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Supermoon Saturday May 5, 2012
http://www.space.com/15531-supermoon-earthquake-tsunami.html...
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/05/will-saturdays-sup...
Will Saturday's 'Supermoon' Destroy Earth?
Astronomers call it perigee-syzygy; the rest of us call it "supermoon." Either way, the alignment of the sun and moon will coincide with the moon's
closest approach to Earth on Saturday (May 5), resulting in the biggest full moon of the year. But don't worry, it won't break Earth....
... Saturday's supermoon will be especially super. ... On Saturday, the timing of the two events will be almost perfect: the moon will reach its
perigee distance of 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) — the closest lunar perigee of 2012, in fact — at 11:34 p.m. Eastern Time, and it will fall
in line with the sun (thereby becoming full) just one minute later.
Thus, our satellite will loom even larger than the supermoon of March 19, 2011, when perigee and full moon fell 50 minutes apart.
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How about a little earth and sky 
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Wolves and wolverines .....prepare to howl !
Howl at the moon .....and howl at the red dawn
[Edited on 5-5-2012 by Rosco Bodine]
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scottaleger
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This is Awesome ...................
Scott A Leger
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inspector071
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Rosco, I always enjoy the music you post. I was fortunate enough to see the Moody Blues a year or two ago at the Fox in Atlanta and they were great!
I saw the supermoon in March and it was incredibly bright. I didn't end up seeing this one, though.
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