The Water Cycle: Heating the Ocean
![The Water Cycle: Heating the Ocean Multiple Earth's showing different heat visualizations](https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/sites/default/files/styles/resource_top_image/public/resource_images/water_cycle_1_splash.jpg?itok=5ms_qEoe)
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Explore the solar heating of the ocean in part one of a series on the water cycle. The animations show multiple views of the solar heating of the oceans, a picture of this first stage of water's cyclical journey from sea to air to land, and back again.