That’s not to scale, right?
Chad Pacific
Submitted 9 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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maeries@feddit.de 9 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Eheran@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“reality” as in extremely exaggerated deviations from the ellipsoid. Otherwise it would just look like a smooth sphere. Earth has 12’700 km diameter. From the shallowest point to mount everest are just about 20 km. That is a 0.15 % change. You would see nothing.
umbraroze@kbin.social 9 months ago
In Finnish language we already have the kinda rare expression "rapakon takana" ("behind the mud puddle") about stuff that's happening in America.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Both the UK and the USA refer to it as “the pond”. As in “across the pond”.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 9 months ago
You VS. the ocean she told you not to worry about.
Hupf@feddit.de 9 months ago
Atlantic was surveyed in imperial units, Pacific in metric.
jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 9 months ago
Very smooth surface.
rockerface@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Smooth as a shark, as they say
plistig@feddit.de 9 months ago
“Draining Earth’s oceans, revealing the two-thirds of Earth’s surface we don’t get to see”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOwv_Krqk8
nixcamic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In this you can see they’re about the same depth.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
At a global scale, the Mariana Trench and the Everest are the same depth. It’s less than 20 Km of difference against a mean diameter of 12742 Km.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Paddling pool vs. diving zone.
mvirts@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lol this heightmap is so exaggerated
DeusHircus@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Lol wildly exaggerated. Largest height difference on Earth’s surface is 13 miles (including underwater) vs. the 8,000 mile diameter. To quote NDGT, “The Earth is smoother than a cue ball”
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
If it wasn’t, there will be no atlantic (or even pacific) for us to see
zaphod@feddit.de 9 months ago
Might just be the angle of the light.