Tidal gravitational effects were the most direct physical manifestation of spacetime curvature. Yet tidal effects within the Solar System were relatively weak. The most obvious example was the Earth's high and low tides after being subjected to the Moon's tidal pull.
Besides that, the Earth's tidal forces also affected its crust, atmosphere, and magnetic field. If the Moon had been more massive—say, as large as Jupiter—the Earth might well have been torn apart by forces it could not withstand. But because the Moon's mass was so small, it was not enough to tidally lock the Earth. Its pull could not cause the rocks within the Earth to shift and grind against each other. Instead, it was the Earth that kept the rocks inside the Moon moving, constantly changing its center of mass.
When Pomona first saw the Himalayas, she could not help feeling tiny before such immense power whenever she thought of how they had once lain beneath the sea.
Though many people said that the youngest of the three brothers represented humility, having asked Death for the Invisibility Cloak and lived out his natural lifespan, Pomona thought he had merely been hiding.
How was a "humble" person supposed to get along with a "proud" one?
That was a problem for her, though Severus had said that she was not truly humble; she was merely enduring.
Ripe wheat always bowed its head. The black flowers blooming beside the Bubotuber fields also hung their blossoms downward, like upside-down bells.
For a moment, she seemed to return to that night scented with hidden fragrance. Mooncalves surrounded her. Though they were adorable, they also meant that the night of the full moon had arrived, when Werewolves would be about.
But when the black robe swept up an invisible gust, making those bell-like flowers