How Tides Work

[ChaosEnthusiastdvb]

Your daily reminder that just because you're right doesn't mean the others are wrong.

[that_one_guy_with_the_face]

My dumbass thought the earth was getting bigger

[ilikeminecraftepic]

after watching this video, I realized that I have literally never thought about how tides even work

[boatymcboatface]

It looks like a heartbeat. That's incredible!

[davidd]

Disclaimer: it's not the Moon orbiting in the demonstration, it's Earth rotating.

[ThatOneGuyCalledRSP]

Two sides of the same coin argument.
Both side have their own perspective and answer but in the end it lead into the same coin

[small_guyfr]

Bro pulled out "Minecraft players when they about to die in a cave" music

[Fried_Cheese_Official]

By my logic the moon is moving the water around the earth due to its own gravitational pull

[hikikomorino]

Ong you be teaching me more than my science teacher about space
Edit:are you guys insulting me or my teacher I just met that this guy explains it in more detailed than my teacher

[Web_]

“Just watch the simulations and answer the questions.”
The simulation:

[fatitankeris]

The most confusion comes from the presence of two bulges, and the question as to what causes the opposite to the Moon. Here's an explanation: the bulges aren't all that even and same size, and are much more complex, but generally, one is pulled by the Moon due to being closer (1/r² law), but the opposite side is produced by centrifugal force from Earth and Moon orbiting the barycenter of their system. That is a point similar to center of mass, because the Moon is comparably massive to Earth, and the Earth slightly orbits the Moon in that way. The barycenter is still inside the massive Earth, but it's still being flung, and so is its water. The Earth turns below those bulges, and btw, the water doesn't "stay in place" as it often seems in diagrams, it rotates too. But also, because of friction in that rotation, the moonside bulge is actually shifted eastwards, further than the Moon in its orbit, and that causes a very slight attraction of the Moon in its direction of orbit, accelerating it, while slowing down Earth's rotation. That causes the Moon to be going away at something around cm per year.

[realmrpizza]

It's kinda scary that if the moon was knoked off just a little bit the planet could flood

[RC_Engineering]

Kinda, but it's that the pull is based on distance. It pulls harder on the water that's closer, which bulges. It pulls weaker on the water that is further which means the water is left behind, then it pulls intermediate on the earth which stays in the middle.

[samuellawrencesbookclub]

That less than a minute of animation explained tides better than my school ever did

[Aaron-zhkj]

The animation and music tickle the same funny bone that animusic does for me. I love the serious music and rudimentary CG animation. Just does something for. Also, like cool 3d world (just less creepy).

[stupidwb]

the friend is more right considering an absent moon would result in massive tidal destruction

[tomikun]

The difference between your two arguments were point of references, which to the laws of physics is completely valid.

Both of you are right

[emilianocastillejos]

I had never seen a 3d model with the water being semi transparent, looks absolutely amazing

[romamontano]

This is a fascinating image to explain tides, thanks

[everettrailfan]

I heard that tectonic plates also influence tides which actually makes a lot of sense in my mind.