Shrug@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAn island is a mountain mostly underwatermessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down111
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minus-squareNaibofTabrlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-21 year 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-up7·1 year 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