The biggest waves at Nazaree don't break the farthest out. They actually break the closest in. The moon formed 20 times closer to Earth than it is right now. There were 8,000 times higher tides on Earth when the moon formed. It must have been chaos around here.
What is the biggest wave in the solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of big waves with professional big wave surfer Kai Lenny.
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