The ocean rises. The ocean falls.
The ocean moves. What's pulling?
The ocean rises. The ocean falls.
This shore is in high water. The bulge stayed with the Moon. The shore turned through it.
The ocean rises. The ocean falls. The Moon is not lifting a bucket.
Watch this one here.
Notice
If the Moon only pulled water up, there would be one bulge, on the near side.
There are two. The far side rises too.
See the Moon's pull. The three arrows are not the same length.
See what's left. After you take away the middle pull, one leftover points toward the Moon, and one points away.
What do you predict?
If Earth turns under two bulges, how many high waters might a shore see in one turn?
If the far bulge is real, what else might be stretched a little by a distant pull?
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