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Spring these, higher than usual, happen because the Sun adds its gravitational pull to that of the Moon |
tides
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$800 |
DJ |
EARTH SCIENCE |
2025-07-09 |
#9373 |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) When the sun & moon align, their gravitational forces work together to produce big springs tides at right angles; the forces partly cancel each other, producing these smaller amplitude tides |
neap tides
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$2,000 |
DJ |
EARTH SCIENCE |
2016-11-28 |
#7411 |
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The Bay of Fundy is famous for its range of these, the widest on Earth |
tides
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$200 |
J |
EARTH SCIENCE |
1996-09-30 |
#2776 |