http://www.africam.com/wildlife/the_moon Comments for "The Moon" en-US http://www.africam.com/wildlife/the_moon <p><p align="center"> <img src="/images/virtual_ranger/moon/image001.jpg" /></p> <div align="justify"> Our closest celestial neighbour 368 000km distant (230 000 miles) – the moon. One of the most beautiful sights imaginable is to see a full moon rising over the African bush. Our moon is unique among solar system bodies in that it is large relative to it’s planet, the earth. As a result it exerts a significant gravitational pull on earth and has a major influence on tides and also helps to stabilize the oblique tilt of the earth which helps prevent climatic extremes. </div> </p> http://www.africam.com/wildlife/the_moon#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:54:14 -0700 admin 3393 at http://www.africam.com/wildlife