What is the "moons" greatest gift to all contemporary, earthly life?

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   qwarkposted 13 years ago

   This should be an easy question to answer for those who have done their homework.
   It provides many, but the operative word is "greatest."
   The answer may be educational to many, to others common knowledge.

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   pylos26posted 13 years ago

   Could it be its gravational effects...what say ye skipper?

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      qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Greetings  RJ! "LIFE" as is presently exists. All else is ancillary. Glad to hear from ya....:-)

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   luvpassionposted 13 years ago

   The effects of gravity due to the moon being 400 times closer then the earth then the sun. However, the cycles of the moon represent the passive forces of things and are the feminine.
   
   When the Lady's moon is new, kiss your hand to her times two
   When the moon rides at her peak, then ye heart's desire seek
   
   

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   luvpassionposted 13 years ago

   Well Mr. qwark did I win?

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      qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      luv: so poetic! Since this isn't a contest...win? Impossible! ...but how could I not give you a point for offering a luv...elly answer....:-)

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         luvpassionposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         To us the moon means more then you think sweetie.

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            qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Luv: I know, I play too far out in "left" field to understand what it means to the rest of you. All that is really important is that what it means to you satifies you...:-)

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               luvpassionposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               I didn't mean that the way it sounded, I meant to the rest of us in my group sorry.

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   wildernessposted 13 years ago

   Skimming off most of the atmosphere.  Without it we would probably be another Venus. 
   
   While it produces many effects necessary to life as we know it, that is probably the greatest.

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      qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Wilderness...without the moon, "LIFE" itself as we know it would not exist. It has been and still is why we exist.

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         wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         That was my point.  Without the moon, any life on earth would be unrecognizable to us.  If there was any.

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            qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            correct! ty :-)

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   Dolores Monetposted 13 years ago

   It's so pretty!

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   ediggityposted 13 years ago

   The greatest "gift" is the moon illusion. An optical illusion that tricks your brain into thinking it's really big.

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      wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You are undoubtedly correct.  It is actually a black hole orbiting the earth.  Starlight is bent around it by gravity, giving the illusion of size, but it is actually infinitesimally small.  It is seldom seen in the daytime as most starts are nocturnal, only coming out at night, and thus it is far to small to be seen in the daytime without starlight.

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