The land moves a little at the moon's gravitational pull. The oceans move a lot, with tides lifting or beaching boats, or water lines surging high or retreating sometimes miles away from shore in places. But what of the air? Does the air get thinner and the atmosphere higher during a lunar tide, or does the upwelling water squish the space, causing a higher atmospheric pressure when the tide is high? How would we know? If the sweep of water swells as the tides follow the moon around the planet, does that then displace air and cause winds or storms? How would we know? The mechanics of water tides is well known and recognized for centuries, but no one talks of the moon's effect on the air.
2006-06-12
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