Monday, April 19, 2010

Solar Eclipse Phenomenon!

December 26th, 2004. A huge tsunami struck South-west Asia. It was a huge tsunami, one of the biggest ones known to mankind. The reason I am talking about tsunami's is because of something I have been researching on. Does anyone who is reading this know what a Solar Eclipse is? A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun's rays on the earth. So for a limited time, one side of the earth will be covered with darkness. So during that time, the moon is much closer to the Earth than it usually is. The moon, because it's so close, will radiate a gravitational pull towards the Earth. When that happens, the plate tectonics will be most vulnerable, because the extra gravity pulling on it. Then, if an Earthquake chooses to strike at that moment, the tsunami will be roughly 6 times stronger than it would have been if the solar eclipse hadn't occurred.It would be like a tidal wave and a tsunami combined. A Tidal Wave's power is based only on the moon's gravity. So when the moon is extremely close, the tidal wave would be much more powerful. I just wanted to share that with you. I know it wasn't related to the topic much, but it seems pretty interesting, don;t you think? :)

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