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The physics of a land bridge.

This illustration shows how a strong wind from the east could push back waters from two ancient basins--a lagoon (left) and a river (right)--to create a temporary land bridge. New research that such a physical process could have led to a parting of waters similar to the description in the biblical account of the Red Sea. (Illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller.)
1 posted on 09/22/2010 7:16:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

CBS also reported it here :

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20017140-501465.html?tag=stack

SUMMARY


In Exodus, Moses parts the Red Sea, saving the Israelites out of Egypt and slavery. It may be that he had some assistance, according to a computer modeling study of fluid dynamics by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado in Boulder.

According to a posting on the UCAR website:

The computer simulations show that a strong east wind, blowing overnight, could have pushed water back at a bend where an ancient river is believed to have merged with a coastal lagoon along the Mediterranean Sea. With the water pushed back into both waterways, a land bridge would have opened at the bend, enabling people to walk across exposed mud flats to safety. As soon as the wind died down, the waters would have rushed back in.

Read the full article explaining the findings :

https://www2.ucar.edu/news/parting-waters-computer-modeling-applies-physics-red-sea-escape-route


2 posted on 09/22/2010 7:17:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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pushed back waters estimated to be six feet deep...



... Pharaoh's army drowned in 6 feet of water?
(Lol, Egyptians can't swim)


4 posted on 09/22/2010 7:30:20 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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Any purely by chance it only happened once and on the very day Moses needed to cross. See, science can explain everything! /s


5 posted on 09/22/2010 7:32:28 AM PDT by lunarville (Common sense ain't so common anymore...)
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Sea of Reeds


6 posted on 09/22/2010 7:33:37 AM PDT by hecht (TAKE BACK OUR NATION AND OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM)
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Let me see if I understand. The Bible says God caused a strong wind to blow, parting the waters. The computer modeling and the animation show that a strong wind could have parted the waters.

Yup, that sure proves the biblical account is wrong alright.

BTW, evidence of chariots and men has been located at the bottom of the Red Sea near a place that is called Wadi Watir.

http://www.arkdiscovery.com/red_sea_crossing.htm


7 posted on 09/22/2010 7:37:44 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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WHY is a government-sponsored university doing research on this? The Bible is clear on the Red Sea account, but no, the Fedzilla has to spend money to combat God Almighty. I am telling you, the mother of all civil wars is coming to this country.


8 posted on 09/22/2010 7:38:29 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (There is no "common good" which minimizes or sacrifices the individual. --Walter Scott Hudson)
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How about this one? Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and was 100% God and 100% man. If that is true, parting the red sea is pretty small potatoes.

After the incarnation, everything is easy. If someone doesn't believe that, then no amount of scientific explanation will convince them.

9 posted on 09/22/2010 7:40:26 AM PDT by Pete (29thday.org Exponential problems require exponential solutions)
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Well since the whole premise is wrong the rest of the theory is bogus.

Moses crossed the “Reed” Sea not the Red Sea. This is one of the many mistakes in Hebrew translation. http://www.hotstockmarket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62736

10 posted on 09/22/2010 7:41:29 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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Would it be possible to travel under such a wind condition? It seems to me that a wind strong enough to clear a path through the waters would knock people off their feet.

God did it, no doubt; but how is likely to remain a mystery!


13 posted on 09/22/2010 7:52:10 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty too! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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If there was a 63 MPH wind pushing the water back, wouldn’t it have been difficult to walk through mud flats?

Just curious


15 posted on 09/22/2010 7:55:24 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder (Press want Obama = “Camelot II - The Return of JFK”, not “Peanuts II - that’s all you’ll have l)
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*experts are uncertain whether they actually occurred.

Archeologists and Egyptologists have found little direct evidence to substantiate many of the events described in Exodus.*

It happened a few thousand years ago. I’m guessing the physical evidence would’ve been gone after a few decades.
The Egyptians are not likely to have chronicled their humiliation.

I believe the Word of God of the word of man.


16 posted on 09/22/2010 1:08:38 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
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additional:

Dynamics of Wind Setdown at Suez and the Eastern Nile Delta
[ Exodus computer modelling ]
Public Library of Science [ PLoS ONE ]
September 2010 | Carl Drews and Weiqing Han
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18 posted on 09/23/2010 6:49:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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