From @onthecoastns — The Bay of Fundy tides are truly amazing! It’s hard to imagine this happens twice a day every day. Fun fact: A lunar day (also known as a "tidal day") is the time it takes for a specific site on the Earth to rotate from an exact point under the moon to the same point under the moon. Unlike a solar day, however, a lunar day is 24 hours and 50 minutes. This is because the moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction that the Earth rotates around its axis. So, it takes

How soothing to watch the tide go in and out on the Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world. Featured Video by @onthecoastns Video description: a timelapse of the tide rising and falling over the red sand with a red sea stack in the middle. #VisitNovaScotia #RediscoverNovaScotia #ExploreCanada | Nova Scotia

With the highest tidal range on Earth, The Bay of Fundy is considered one of North America’s natural wonders alongside places like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Park. Twice a day every day, roughly 160 billion tonnes of water – more than all of the world’s freshwater rivers combined – rush into this inlet dividing the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This torrent causes the tides to raise and lower as much as 12m (the global average is about 1m), setting the pace of daily lif