067-first-lunar-tides-dixon – The newborn moon looms close and large in the earth's sky, stirring huge tides; A dramatic horizontal view captures the massive influence of the early Moon rising over a violent, churning primordial ocean. Powerful, frothing waves crash heavily against dark, craggy volcanic shorelines in the foreground under a hazy, golden atmospheric glow. The Moon's proximity to the young Earth caused ferocious gravitational tidal forces that shaped the planet's early marine and geological environments. cover of The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke ; acrylic on canvas, 1975, © Don Dixon
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