Translations:AY Honors/Oceans/Answer Key/75/en

The earth continues to rotate, and our point on the seashore is soon getting farther and farther from the moon causing the tide to recede (i.e., we experience a low tide). When the earth rotates our seashore to 90 degrees relative to the moon the pull on the rigid earth is abut the same as it is on the center of the earth since the distances are about the same. But then as the earth continues to rotate a remarkable thing happens - the tide begins to rise again even though the seashore is getting farther from the moon. When it rotates to 180 degrees relative to the moon, the seashore is at its farthest distance from the moon on that day, and we get another high tide! How does this happen? Isn't the pull of the moon on the ocean at its weakest then? Yes, but the pull on the rigid parts of the plant is stronger than the pull on the ocean.