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Old January 8th, 2006, 09:33 PM
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Default Re: 6079 milimeter rounds

By the way, there's something that I've always wondered about that I couldn't find a good explaination for so far:
Why are there two high tides per day?

I know that the moon's gravity pulls the water in the ocean so the sea level rises on the side of the earth that is facing the moon. That's OK, I understand that, but why does the opposite side of the earth also have a high tide? It seems to me that it would make more sense if there were a low tide on the opposite side of the earth because the moon would have pulled the water away, but that's not how it actually is, there's a high tide there.
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