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Does Earth have two high-tide bulges on opposite sides? (2014)

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294 points imurray | 3 comments | 22 May 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
1. alejohausner ◴[22 May 25 20:42 UTC] No.44066726[source]▶
In the animations, New Zealand stood out: the high and low tide chase each other counterclockwise around the islands!
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2. Calwestjobs ◴[22 May 25 23:05 UTC] No.44068118[source]▶
earth is 3D not 2D ;) "bulges" same. that is where confusion comes from. also tesseract is nonsense.
3. fransje26 ◴[23 May 25 09:41 UTC] No.44071359[source]▶
Nicely spotted!