{"id":1387,"date":"2022-01-05T00:56:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:23:44","slug":"king-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/king-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"King Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"910\" data-attachment-id=\"1388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/king-tide\/xmas-sb-trip-south-and-nye\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?fit=802%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"802,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Sunset on a King tide in Santa Barbara\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Palm trees frame a perfect sunset at the beach in Santa Barbara&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?fit=768%2C910&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?resize=768%2C910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1388\" style=\"width:942px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?w=802&amp;ssl=1 802w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?resize=768%2C910&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/12_29_21_DPG_115527.jpg?resize=81%2C96&amp;ssl=1 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What brought me to the beach was the king tide. What kept me here was the fading sunset.<br><br>The king tides occur at the new and full moon when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned at perigee and perihelion or, for the non-astronomy types, when the moon is the furthest from the earth and the sun is the closest to the earth. This planetary tug of war creates a wonderful effect on the ocean\u2019s tides recording the lowest and highest tides around January 3 every year. 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