tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post4756214776200291202..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Another unexpected scale - dirt vs waterambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-89265872080822777602012-05-20T21:48:02.260-06:002012-05-20T21:48:02.260-06:00Yes, the thing about scales like this is that the ...Yes, the thing about scales like this is that the size of the Earth is so enormous that we're lost to begin with. We can grasp it on an intellectual level, but at a visceral level its beyond the reach of our senses.ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-87500571640545160832012-05-16T09:18:28.938-06:002012-05-16T09:18:28.938-06:00Yeah, very mind-blowing picture.
But - and this i...Yeah, very mind-blowing picture.<br /><br />But - and this is a big but - if you were to spread that water evenly around a globe with the same diameter as that of the earth, we would be covered by a water sheet to a depth of some 4000 meters.<br /><br />Live is surface phenomenon on earth - all live on earth is confined to a vertical range going from some 100 meters below the earth's surface up to a height of some thousand meters above earth's surface.<br /><br />In this context the live on earth is adapted to a extremely watery environment.<br /><br />For every person on earth there's a cube of water with a side length of about 600 meters.<br /><br />Oh, and water has thanks to evaporation the sun-aided ability to purify itself.<br />So don't shed salty water (tears) for salty water. It survived worth than mankind.<br /><br />So just comparing globes is misleading but perfectly suited to give people a guilty feeling.<br /><br />best regards,<br />Georg HuberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com