The next day as soon as I woke up, I got dressed and rushed downstairs. (I live in a two-story house with Larlon and Pilem, another bear) I powered up my computer and researched my question.
Now I know the answer: The moon has gravitational forces, just like the earth and the sun, right? The earth though, tries to keep everything from the moon. The earth succeeds, of course. Well, kind of. You see, the earth can't completely keep the water, because the water is constantly moving. So, when the moon gets very close to a part of the earth in it's orbit, the water rises up the beach toward the moon for high tide. Then, the moon orbits away again for low tide.
When the sun and the moon are aligned, there is a very high tide called a spring tide. (Nothing to do with the seasons) When the moon and the sun are at quarter angles, their forces cancel out, resulting in a very low tide called a neap tide.
At a solar eclipse, there is a very very high tide; a Proxigean high tide. It happens every 1.5 years.
So now you get it, right? Me too! Oh, yeah. I have a new code for you:
Basraeoe-Eraewsm
For a hint, highlight the following: It's a zigzag code.
Bye! -Poohret
Good article. So now I seem to know about the tides. However, why would high tide coincide with moon at the position closest to earth? I would imagine with the moon so close, the water would swell up towards the moon. As a result, it would recede from the beach causing low tide instead of high tide? When the moon moves away, the sea flattens and the water moves up on the beach causing high tide. What do you think?
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Maybe it has something to do with where the moon is. If it is right on top of the beach, the swelling of the sea water comes up; probably this causes the high tide seen. Isn't it?
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