Earth tide Earth tide Earth tide (also known as solid Earth tide, crustal tide, body tide, bodily tide or land tide) is the displacement of the solid earth's surface caused by the gravity of the Moon and Sun. Its main component has meter-level amplitude at periods of about 12 hours and longer. The largest body tide constituents are semi-diurnal, but there are also significant diurnal, semi-annual, and fortnightly contributions. Though the gravitational forcing causing earth tides and ocean tides is the same, the responses are quite different. The larger of the periodic gravitational forces is from the Moon but that of the
Full Moon Party Reinke's Wanderlust. In 2011, the island's parties featured on "Tourism and the Truth: Stacey Dooley Investigates", a documentary investigating the negative impacts of tourism on local people and the economy. It was featured in episode four of E4's comedy-drama series "Gap Year". Full Moon Party The Full Moon Party is an all-night beach party that originated in Hat Rin on the island of Ko Pha-ngan, Thailand on the night of, before or after every full moon. It is mostly attended by tourists. The first Full Moon Party was improvised at a Paradise Bungalows on the beach in 1983, for giving