Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level

• Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The pictures they used to teach the tides as a child came to make less sense to me in regards to certain places having higher tides than others. That animation clarified how tides are ordered by the Moon and made chaotic by the shapes of land. The planetary ocean bulges they taught us as kids stuck with me too long and prevented deeper understanding. It finally clicked for me.

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  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fair enough.

    I just have a hard time translating what what shown in the video to what’s actually happening. Might be a bit too much to take in at once.

    Then again, I haven’t cared much about the tides ever, and I only know that the tides are a function of the moon because of Bill Nye, I think.

    My HS “education” was pretty bad, honestly.

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    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Look at one spot and see how it repeats. Like the tides between South America and Africa kind of rotates through the Atlantic.

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