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grapehound:


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Wind could have parted Red Sea for Moses
Tuesday, September 21 05:52 pm

 
Computer simulations, part of a larger study on how winds affect water, show wind could push water back at a point where a river bent to merge with a coastal lagoon, the team at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder said.

"The simulations match fairly closely with the account in Exodus," Carl Drews of NCAR, who led the study, said in a statement.

"The parting of the waters can be understood through fluid dynamics. The wind moves the water in a way that's in accordance with physical laws, creating a safe passage with water on two sides and then abruptly allowing the water to rush back in."

Religious texts differ a little in the tale, but all describe Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt ahead of a pharaoh's armies around 3,000 years ago. The Red Sea parts to let Moses and his followers pass safely, then crashes back onto the pursuers, drowning them.

Drews and colleagues are studying how Pacific Ocean typhoons can drive storm surges and other effects of strong and sustained winds on deep water.

His team pinpointed a possible site south of the Mediterranean Sea for the legendary crossing, and modelled different land formations that could have existed then and perhaps led to the accounts of the sea appearing to part.

The model requires a U-shaped formation of the Nile River and a shallow lagoon along the shoreline. It shows that a wind of 63 miles per hour, blowing steadily for 12 hours, could have pushed back waters 6 feet (2 metres) deep.

"This land bridge is 3-4 km (2 to 2.5 miles) long and 5 km (3 miles) wide, and it remains open for 4 hours," they wrote in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE.

"People have always been fascinated by this Exodus story, wondering if it comes from historical facts," Drews said. "What this study shows is that the description of the waters parting indeed has a basis in physical laws."


Grape

Shawn Fainn:
Interesting. I love reading about stuff like this.

Have you seen the videos of divers exploring the bottom of the Red Sea? They found chariot wheels, human and horse bones, and various other items as well.

grapehound:
Thanx Shawn I'll check it.

Marky Mark:

--- Quote ---"What this study shows is that the description of the waters parting indeed has a basis in physical laws."
--- End quote ---

Hello grape.

The sum of the problem with that statement is Spiritual law transcends the physical,making the point moot.Once one comes to an understanding that God can do whatever He wants,in the physical, or the spiritual,tidy little studies seem to lose some of their merit,at least through Spiritual eyes. 8)


Peace...Mark

Shawn Fainn:
Part of seeing spiritual is understanding how different things relate to different people at different levels in their maturity. I can see the application of this being useful to those who have an interest in such things, and likewise those that also may be borderline believers.

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