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Why is there a tidal up and down phenomenon?
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Why is there a tidal up and down phenomenon?

Seawater is retained on Earth by gravity, the Moon and the Sun also have gravity for the earth. In particular, the Moon absorbs a mass of water on the ocean surface.

December 16, 2018
What is the sun halo?
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What is the sun halo?

The big light around the Sun is not a circular rainbow. It is merely the result of a common optical phenomenon in nature: light refraction.

December 16, 2018
Why do corals appear around the Sun and Moon?
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Why do corals appear around the Sun and Moon?

Sometimes we will find in the sky filled with silver gray clouds, when the sunlight or the moon shines on the clouds, the surroundings will be a faded silver halo. The h…

December 16, 2018
Rainbow Moon appeared in the English sky
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Rainbow Moon appeared in the English sky

The moon rainbow image, the phenomenon occurs when the moonlight refracts from water particles suspended in the air, recorded in the night sky of England.

December 16, 2018
Unknown things about earthquakes
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Unknown things about earthquakes

Surely many people will be surprised to know that every year the earth suffers from about half a million earthquakes from mild earthquakes people do not feel the strong…

December 16, 2018
Strange energy sources
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Strange energy sources

Besides the familiar energy sources from wind, sun, biology, tide ... scientists are revealing new sources of energy to replace such as: energy from waste, hot stone, wa…

December 16, 2018
The halo of the moon appears in England
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The halo of the moon appears in England

On the night of February 2 (British time), there are many people in England who witness a strange aura of light surrounding the moon.

December 16, 2018