Alligators bury their eggs with leaves, which then decompose at a temperature of 25?C (80?F) which is the optimum temperature for the eggs to hatch.
Full moon 24,000 km closer to Earth
Full moon 24,000 km closer to Earth If you watched the moon rise on Wednesday, 22
December 1999, it looked a lot bigger than normal. This was because
the moon was actually closer to the Earth than normal - 356,653 km
away - which is 24,000 km closer to the Earth than it normally is.
Although the moon was closer and looked bigger, apparently that's
just a visual trick common to rising moons. When the moon is rising
and is close to treetops and familiar things that it can be
compared to, the mind tries to put it into perspective and fools
you into thinking the moon is bigger than it actually is. Perigee -
the point when the moon is actually closest to the Earth - was at 3
am on 22 December 1999 in Vancouver. The winter solstice - when the
sun is the farthest south of the equator - occurs on the 21st of
December each year. The moon affects the tides and the highest
tides of the year in Vancouver Harbour occur between 24th and 27th
December. 21 DECEMBER 1999
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