Shrug@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAn island is a mountain mostly underwatermessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareAn island is a mountain mostly underwaterShrug@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoFrom another point of view, the oceans are just a thin film of water clinging to the surface of this ball of rock. The depth of the oceans is a rounding error compared to the depth of the planet.
minus-squarerockerface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIf the Earth were the size of a basketball, it wouldn’t even feel wet to the touch because of how thin the oceans would be relatively. Scales are wild
From another point of view, the oceans are just a thin film of water clinging to the surface of this ball of rock.
The depth of the oceans is a rounding error compared to the depth of the planet.
If the Earth were the size of a basketball, it wouldn’t even feel wet to the touch because of how thin the oceans would be relatively. Scales are wild