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When the sun and the moon are on the same side of the earth there is a very very high tide at that point (Spring Tide). However, an equally high tide occurs on
the opposite side of the earth. All of the explanations that I have been able to
find explain the causes of this indirect high tide. But they fail to explain why
the level of the direct high tide and the indirect high tides have exactly the
same level at given points on opposite sides of the earth.
Shouldn't the indirect high tide on the side of the earth opposite the sun
and the moon be a bit lower than that on the side closest to the sun and
moon? If not, why not?
Herb Gottlieb from New York City
Where time and tide occur every day but are difficult to
explain.
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