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== Effects of the Moon ==

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The light from the moon influences more than you might suspect, including animal behavior and farming.

Moonlight has a color temperature of 4100K, while sunlight has a higher color temperature of more than 5000K. Objects illuminated by moonlight don't look yellower to the eye. They look bluer. This holds for indoor scenes and for outdoor.

 

Some animals simply see better at night or are aided by the light of the moon. In contrast, prey animals know that to be seen means to be eaten, so it's prudent to hide when the moon is bright. And just as moonlight can influence predator-prey schedules, it also can influence some mating behaviors.

 

On full moon nights, due to increased luminosity, some animals may stay out longer and remain more active, thus being more likely to be traumatized or injured, Wells and fellow researchers theorized.

 

Have you ever observed how the moon’s dance across the night sky influences the ocean’s tides? It’s a spectacle to behold and a secret weapon to boost your fishing success. By understanding the moon’s phases, you can tap into an age-old celestial rhythm, turning the tables in your favor for a more productive fishing experience. This guide will reveal how to harness the lunar advantage for improved catch rates.

 

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The "werewolf" plant Ephedra foeminea only puts out a sugary residue to attract pollinators during the full moon in July. Researchers have yet to understand exactly how the plant "knows" to follow the lunar cycle, but research shows there's a correlation. There is, however, disagreement among scientists that the shrub's pollination is related to the lunar cycle.

See the "Planting by the moon" daily guide: <ref name=planting></ref>

 

Moon-controlled rhythms in marine critters have been observed for centuries. For at least 15 years it's been known that corals, like many other species, contain light-sensitive proteins called cryptochromes, and have recently reported that in the stony coral, Dipsastraea speciosa, a period of darkness between sunset and moonrise appears key for triggering spawning some days later.

 

The tools the creatures need for such precision timing — down to days of the month, and then down to hours of the day. In the worm’s case, the requisite timing systems are a daily — or circadian — clock along with another, circalunar clock for its monthly reckoning. <ref name=corals></ref>

 

Humans, of course, also rely on moonlight. We did this much more so before the creation of artificial light, but some things haven't changed entirely. Some farmers plant crops based on the lunar schedule. There's a debate among farmers about whether planting by the moon has any positive effect on crops but The Old Farmer's Almanac still offers a Gardening by the Moon calendar.

 

If your symptoms ramp up around a full moon cyclically, you likely have a parasitic infestation, and if this is true - then perhaps that's another cause of Lunacy?

 

It seems this topic is controversial, the only case studies were labeled as "Flat-earthers" and denied the effect of moonlight as cooling.

 

A YouTube channel called "FlatRocky" performs moonlight temperature tests and records his findings. He has over 200 videos of this being done. His findings are pretty clear that there is a temperature difference in direct moonlight vs. the shade of moonlight. <ref name=FlatRocky></ref>

 

It's said the moon affects the weather is through indirect manipulation of ocean currents. The type of weather introduced will largely depend on the properties of the ocean water present in the affected current. (Warm water will favor cloud formation and is almost synonymous with tropical Cyclone development. Cold water, on the other hand, is more conducive to the creation of dry weather conditions.)

 

When the highest tides are occurring, you can get higher-than-normal water levels caused by the wind hitting the coast in a certain direction. Tidal forces might influence the intensity of storm systems, and there have been some correlations between storms occurring and being stronger during a full or new moon.

 

Scientists have long debated whether the movements of the Moon and the tidal stresses it generates play a role in triggering earthquakes, and now it looks like we might have an answer.

 

Interestingly, the team found no clear correlation between small earthquakes and tidal stresses, although the data does suggest that the proportion of large earthquakes (compared to small earthquakes) increases as tidal stresses become greater.<ref name=earthquake></ref>

 

Contrary to what you may have read or heard elsewhere, the Aurora Hunter’s worst enemy is not a full moon. In fact, most Aurora hunters, guides and photographers rather like having a full moon in the sky because it is in itself a thing of great, great beauty and only really impacts negatively on weak Auroral displays.