In such a way, one finds explanations about the origin of the heavenly bodies ( Sun and Moon, but also Venus, the Pleiades, the Milky Way ); the mountain landscape ; clouds, rain, thunder and lightning ; wild and tame animals ; the colours of the maize ; diseases and their curative herbs ; agricultural instruments ; the steam bath, etc.

Thin stratocumulus clouds are also often the cause of corona effects around the Moon at night.

Furthermore, impact clouds were detected following the crash of ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft., India's Moon Impact Probe and NASA's LCROSS.

Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.

The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed, but directly depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of 2 ° over a 40, 000 year period, notably due to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon.

After two orbits, the rocket's third stage reignited for just over five minutes, propelling the craft towards the Moon at approximately.

At just over 74 hours into the mission, Apollo 16 spacecraft passed behind the Moon, losing direct contact with mission control.

While over the far side of the Moon, the Command / Service Module's Service Propulsion System engine burned for six minutes and fifteen seconds, braking the spacecraft into an orbit around the Moon with a low point ( pericynthion ) of 58. 3 and a high point ( apocynthion ) of 170. 4 nautical miles ( 108. 0 and 315. 6 km, respectively ).

For the rest of the two spacecrafts ' pass over the near side of the Moon, Mattingly prepared to shift Casper to a circular orbit while Young and Duke prepared Orion for the descent to the lunar surface.

A lifelong fan of science fiction " B-movies ", Ackerman had cameos in over 210 films, including bit parts in many monster movies and science fiction films ( The Howling, Innocent Blood, Return of the Living Dead Part II ), more traditional " imagi-movies " The Time Travelers, Future War, spoofs and comedies ( Amazon Women on the Moon, Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold, The Wizard of Speed and Time ), and at least one major music video ( Michael Jackson's Thriller ).

The abundance of helium-3 is thought to be greater on the Moon ( embedded in the upper layer of regolith by the solar wind over billions of years ), though still low in quantity ( 28 ppm of lunar regolith is helium-4 and from one ppb to 50 ppb is helium-3 )< ref name =" F. H. Cocks 2010 ">, and the solar system's gas giants ( left over from the original solar nebula ).

During the melee, Moon ran over and killed his friend, driver, and bodyguard, Neil Boland.

Philosophers such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder argued that the full Moon induced insanity in susceptible individuals, believing that the brain, which is mostly water, must be affected by the Moon and its power over the tides, but the Moon's gravity is too slight to affect any single person.

A few researchers have favored Tektites originating from the Moon as volcanic ejecta, but this theory has lost much of its support over the last few decades.

Morris has played in over fifty countries at nightclubs and parties, and particularly music festivals such as the Full Moon parties in the Mojave Desert, Glastonbury Festival, Rainbow 2000 and Mother SOS in Japan, Chillits in Northern California, and Berlin's Love Parade.

The NOI teaches that the Earth and Moon were once the same, and that the Earth is over 76 trillion years old.

The MUL. APIN is a pair of cuneiform tablets dating from the 7th century BC that lays out the motions of the Sun, Moon and planets over the course of the year.

The origins of tug of war are uncertain, but it is beyond dispute that this once royal sport was practiced in ancient Egypt and China, where it was held in legend that the Sun and Moon played Tug of War over the light and darkness.

It was produced by Disney and featured over 3, 500 local children from different ethnic backgrounds and a performance by boy band New Kids on the Block, with special guest Warren Moon.

Although helium is present only in low concentrations on the Moon, where it is deposited into regolith by the solar wind, an estimated million tons of He-3 exists over all.

The overall goal of Horizon was to place a human on the Moon, a mission that would soon be taken over by the rapidly forming NASA.

The average tidal bulge closely follows the Moon in its orbit, and the Earth rotates under this tidal bulge in just over a day.

The daily inequality is not consistent and is generally small when the Moon is over the equator.

In 1997, Louis Farrakhan, the leader of The Nation of Islam, an African American Islamic organization, served as a " co-officiator " at a blessing ceremony presided over by Moon and Han.

After Moon's death on September 3, 2012, it was reported that Han, Hyung Jin, and Kook Jin Moon would take over the leadership of the church.

For example, in 1933 H. G. Wells postulated in The Shape of Things to Come a Second World War in which Nazi Germany and Poland are evenly matched militarily, fighting an indecisive war over ten years ; and Poul Anderson's early 1950s Psychotechnic League depicted a world undergoing a devastating nuclear war in 1958, yet by the early 21st century managing not only to rebuild the ruins on Earth but also engage in extensive space colonization of the Moon and several planets.

* 1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Pacific Moon Records, July 2, 2004.

* 1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.

Extending approximately 15, 500 kilometres ( 9, 600 mi ) from the Bering Sea in the Arctic to the northern extent of the circumpolar Southern Ocean at 60 ° S ( older definitions extend it to Antarctica's Ross Sea ), the Pacific reaches its greatest east-west width at about 5 ° N latitude, where it stretches approximately 19, 800 kilometres ( 12, 300 mi ) from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia – halfway across the world, and more than five times the diameter of the Moon.

* November 24 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.

Columbia, took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon.

Jellies included are Atlantic Sea Nettle, Blue Blubber Jelly, Egg Yolk Jelly, Japanese Sea Nettle, Lion's Mane, Moon Jelly, Northeast Pacific Sea Nettle, Purple Striped Sea Nettle, Spotted Lagoon Jelly, Umbrella Jelly, and the Upside-down Jelly.

Similarly, Pacific Asian Plaza is the venue for the Chinese autumnal Moon Festival.

The Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is named after her, as well as the asteroid 323 Brucia, and the crater Bruce on the Moon.

Yost won an Emmy award for his involvement in the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon and for his involvement in The Pacific.

* Moon Festival: This annual celebration in the courtyard of the Memorial Student Union Building kicks off the various Asian Pacific Heritage events around the campus.

offers views of Half Moon Bay along the Pacific Coast as it summits Kings Mountain.

Pescadero is situated near the Pacific Ocean about south of Half Moon Bay and about north of Santa Cruz.

* From the Earth to the Moon ( 1865 ) by Jules Verne in which a projectile is launched from Florida and lands in the Pacific Ocean, not unlike the Apollo Program.

* The Gamblers: Moon Dawg ( 1960, 7 ", USA, World Pacific Single # 815 )

* Paper Moon Affair ( プライベート ・ ムーン Puraibeeto Mūn ) ( 2005 ): Shimizu stars as Keiko, an enigmatic Japanese beauty, married to a domineering Chinese husband, forced to find herself while lost in a small town in the remote Pacific Northwest.