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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Moon is Dragging Continents West

Someday not so soon Washington, D.C., may find itself about where San Francisco is now. According to a recent study, Earth's surface may be slipping slowly westward, dragged by the same lunar forces that produce tides..........

National Geographic News
Posted by Dan McLerran at 6:22 AM

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