Solved cryptogram
When the sun lines up with the moon, twice a month, the tides swing to their fullest range.
Earth Science Facts, sourced to NOAA.
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What it means
The moon does the heavy lifting and the sun adds about half as much again. At new moon and full moon the two pulls act along the same line and reinforce each other, giving higher highs and lower lows, and those are spring tides. The name has nothing to do with the season; it is spring in the sense of leaping. A week later the sun sits at right angles, partly canceling the moon, and the range shrinks to a neap tide.
The claim comes from NOAA.
- SourceNOAA
- CollectionEarth Science Facts
- Difficultymedium
- Length71 letters, 18 unique
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