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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:03 PM
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"Super Moon" tomorrow night - 14% bigger, 30% brighter - will affect tides (alert O'Reilly)
Super Moon to rise Saturday night
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/03/super-moon-saturday-night-full-moon-nasa-/1

"The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993," says Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. "I'd say it's worth a look."

Super full moon to shine on Saturday
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvOLDCv__QX0cPmhr4TJVhatjv5Q?docId=7cf53f48fdaf416c876d6c3f6340332c

Scientists estimate the "supermoon" rising in the east at sunset will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter at its peak.

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sudopod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:05 PM
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa :/ nt
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:05 PM
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1. Alas, a rainy weekend in San Francisco :(
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:06 PM
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2. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I still pee myself when I envision Billy O taking on the waves of Mother Gaia!!!! :ROFL:
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:07 PM
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3. 14% bigger and 30% brighter - At no additional cost!
Now THAT is a deal!
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:13 PM
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4. I'm sold. I'll take two. ... Do you deliver?
The ad's even got numbers in it.
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:18 PM
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5. the tides go in, the tides go out, yet you can't explain that...
HAHAHAHAHA!!! O'leily
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:29 PM
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7. LOL
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:22 PM
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6. tide goes in, tide goes out
What more proof do you need? A supermoon? Got that too!
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