Old but, Beautiful

        While observing, I thought to myself, "howold the moon is?" Results were that the moon is over 4.5 billions year old but, still shining bright like diamond. 

"This illustration shows the still-molten moon just after its formation about 4.5 billion years ago."(space.com)

CREDIT: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.        Over the billions of years the moon started molding it to te shape that we see mostly every night, by astroids smashing into the moon those are the craters we see very defined on clear empty nights.
     I always wodered where the moon came from like a destroyed planet? Or even if was from an explosion that the sun caused. I always have so many questions like "Is the moons glow ever just going to go out?" Or just ram itself in to earth and leave nothing behind just a  extremely hot chunk of rock.Well I guess it's just a matter of when and where it's going to happen.

The Dark side

While I was observing, I realized that each day the moon came out, that the craters were the same each day.. So my question, does the dark side of the moon always stay the same dark side of the moon? Also does the moon ever rotate or does the moon stay In place and just rotate around the earth? According to (universetoday), "at some point in the distant past, the Moon did rotate from our perspective, but the Earth’s gravity kept pulling unevenly at the Moon, slowing its rotation. Eventually the Moon locked into place, always displaying the same side to us." So that's why while observing that moons features always looked the same to me because the moon's rotation is very minimal; to where the moon rotates every couple of years. I all way wondered how and why there's craters on the moon? The reason why there are craters on the moon is because millions of years ago in outer space it was a war zone, astroids and meteors sling shoot across the galaxy hitting planets and moons that's how craters were formed on the moon and the earth. The darker the crater, means the deeper it is, that the meteor's impact was greater. 

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Through the darkest hours, light still shines

So while I was observing the moon, I wondered "What was so hypnotic about the moon, that brings people together?" In some instances I have heard phrases, for example someone in the military told their girlfriend to not worry "I will back; just know that when you're looking at the moon, just know that we're looking at the same moon"(Dear John). In a personal experience, before my brother, Jacob, died, he told me, "If I die, I will never be gone, just look at the night sky and I will be always staring down at you, protecting you." I chose the moon to observe,because I think of my brother as the moon always watching over me. I think the reason why the moon is so hypnotic or used for a symbol of life is because thoughout the darkness the moon shines out, meaning through the darkest hours light still shines.

"Dear John" webcodeshools. N.p. n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2014

Moon gods

While observing the moon, which was a Waning Moon tonight; I thought to myself, "back when Aztecs and Mayans were their own civilization they looked to the moon as a god. Also, for everything else like sun, dirt, and migration gods." Anyways, my question: did the Aztecs have special ceremonies for the moon? "So I have came to find out that the Aztecs had hundreds of gods and they sacrificed a human to please the gods because they thought if they didn't, they would face severe consequences." (http://gozamos.com/2010/10/aztec-ceremonies-and-sacrifices/) The Aztecs also built temples and  pyramids for the moon which started in 200 A.D. and ended between 450 A.D. for the moon temple. The temple was called Tenan, which means "mother or protective stone" In Nahuatl. The Pyramid of the Moon is the second largest pyramid in Teotihuacan, in Mexico after the Pyramid of the Sun. (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Moon#/image/File:Piramide_de_la_Luna_072006.jpg) Here is what the Aztecs moon temple looked like. 

Moon gathers

So I have found a poem that I think suits my blog about the moon, here it is.

Ah, Moon -- and Star! by Emily Dickinson

Ah, Moon -- and Star!
You are very far --
But were no one
Farther than you --
Do you think I'd stop
For a Firmament --
Or a Cubit -- or so?

I could borrow a Bonnet
Of the Lark --
And a Chamois' Silver Boot --
And a stirrup of an Antelope --
And be with you -- Tonight!

But, Moon, and Star,
Though you're very far --
There is one -- farther than you --
He -- is more than a firmament -- from Me --
So I can never go! 

(http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/8336)

The reason why I think that relates to my subject, is because no matter where the moon, is it's always bring people together; no matter how far each other is. Sometimes it's what keeps each other fighting to get to one another. 

(http://m.shutterstock.com/images/23124064/full)

Bites and Scratches'

So we just recently had a full moon, and my teacher, Ms. Farias,  brought an Idea to me about "ware-wolves." So I did a little digging in this fascinating subject, this is what I found that ware-wolves actually has no base of origin at all because it was happen in Greek, in Rome, and in Egypt all at the same time that was "documented". So, I dug up the latest story of a ware-wolf attack, which was in Germany, in 1951. A man named Peter Stubbe, where he was accused for killing 16 people including his son; he was put on a torture wheel

and he was tortured until he confessed that he killed 16 people, they was no other thinkable sentence for him so they tore his skin off with red hot pincers, the broken all his legs and arms, then finally decapitated.(http://alam25.tripod.com) There was lots of other stories, but I found this really interesting.

Moon-Struck

This whole week of observing the beautiful, but dangerous creature "The Moon", which was a "Waxing Gibbous". It seemed like it was all a haze, because the whole time I felt like the moon was watching me looking through my deepest secrets. The brighter it's glow got, the more I sank in to it's daring stare. It felt like it wanted to show me or tell me something but couldn't complete it's sentences, like it was speaking a foreign language. After that I wanted to see what were some fascinating stories of the moon and any sorts of power it has over people, so I have found that the moon was known for moon-madness which is where; "that the moonlight had a powerful effect on human behavior. Those who acted strangely were said to be "moonstruck," and lunacy, a term for madness." (http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Mi-Ni/Moon.html) Well I just felt like sharing what I experienced and hope to witness it again.

What I chose to observe for my 6^th period AP class, was the 
moon. The moon and the mystical things
around it. Lately the moon was not noticeable for two day; 
but then finally it was noticeable. When you looked up and 
saw the moon, it was so beautiful, covered by a not so thick cloud that made the moon phase of a “waxing crescent moon” glow brighter and made it a tinted yellow. Which I think added a little suspense to it.

Here is a photo that represented what the moon looked liked today but i had to find a representation online because my phone would not take a good picture. 

http://naturetales.blogspot.nl/2012_08_01_archive.html