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The Power Of The Moon

EclipseThere was a programme on RTÉ 2 last night about the effect the Moon has on the inhabitants of it's nearest celestial neighbour. Among several fascinating sequences including the religious significance of "devine" occurances of annular eclipse's (and all eclipses) like the one shown on the right, and the Callanish Sleeping Beauty, where every year the Moon traces a path along a range of hills in the shape of a 'sleeping beauty'. There was also a sequence where coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean released all their little tiny reef sperms and eggs into the sea during a particular phase of the lunar cycle, at a certain time of the year. This phenomenon of saltwater lunar orgies is also prevalent among a large variety of fish and other marine life.

"So basically", I pondered, turning to Andy, "the sea is fuckin' crammed full of fish jizm?!"

Without pause, Andy replied:"That must be why it's so salty".

Posted by Matt at 9AM |

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Ha! Clever Andy!

Gorgeous photo by the way.

Posted by: annie | February 27, 2006 4:45 PM

I have to admit, the photo is not mine... But I am keeping an eye on this page, as I really, really, totally want to see and photograph an eclipse or two sometime in the future! Eclipses are the coolest thing ever.

Posted by: Matt | February 27, 2006 4:55 PM

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