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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They probably did swim "straight" but it took them a really long time and this was the tidal flow during her swim, ergo they went straight but the water they were in moved back and forth.

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Since there are more than two full periods, it took more than 12h?! Wow I'm usually dead after 12 min swimming

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

29 hours and 4 minutes as reported in another thread

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Ah right, I mixed it up. Had in my head that full tidal period is 6h, but that's the time for one half. So something over 24h makes a lot of sense.

[–] Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

And I bet that actively going straight would require extra energy and be slower than getting carried by the current

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Okay but why are the oscillations bigger on the English side than on the French?

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

She sobered up half way through.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Every day has two tidal flows, one usually being greater than the other. It's science!