The Australian term Dodge Tide refers to a time when at least one tide is skipped, during a neap tide.
A popular description of Dodge Tides at Gulf St. Vincent, Adelaide Region, South Australia:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-17/the-story-behind-adelaides-dodge-tides/8279870
Another view showing a Dodge Tide at Adelaide:
Another site, like Adelaide in Gulf St. Vincent, is Edithburgh, which has a more striking Dodge Tide is exhibited.
Tide tables are not useful, at such locations.
A link to a National Geographic webpage: Milestones in Space Photography.
Can we agree that our home is a very, very fine home, and that we must do everything we can to preserve and conserve it?
Several images of the Earth from space are nicely presented here.
Earth Rise
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| This image is of Earth Rise from the Moon is widely touted as a spark that started the Environmental Movement. True or Not, such photographs as these have inspired many of us to reconsider the fate of our trash. |
Astronauts have commented that our atmosphere appears from space as a thin layer, approximately at the same scale as a layer of paint on a basketball.
