The moon. Breathtaking. Beautiful. Ever-changing and as connected to the ocean as Newport is to the abundance it provides. Here is the moon in all its glory, basking in the glow of earthshine; playfully hiding behind a wisp of cloud; slipping in front of the sun and revealing the rugged terrain of its rock-blasted surface. In fact, the moon is almost exactly 400 times smaller than the sun. It just so "happens" that it is almost exactly 400 times closer to the earth than the sun. This set of pretty amazing facts that some call a coincidence makes it possible to experience eclipses. Any smaller or farther and it would be too small to entirely extinguish the sun's light. Any bigger or closer and there would be no Corona or ring of fire. Only darkness.