Geoid (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] 86 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Exaggerated 10,000x, I read several moments too late

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This shows tectonic movement! The Indian subcontinent is moving super fast north, creating the Himalayas but also creating a very deep chasm to the south in the Indian Ocean.

    The Mid-Atlantic ridge is also visible, growing Europe as North America is subsumed.

    Thanks for sharing something super cool!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Why does Iceland looks like it’s on the top of the world? hot spot?

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Its crazy it already had the lines on it

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago

    The view of the borders from space is astonishing /s

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Honey, are you ok? You haven't touched your geoid.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    So, why is half of India not under water?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Potato potato.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Man, those oceans really give her her curves.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Does this have any noticeable effects for the physics on the surface, at either the high or low points?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It may play a small part in why we struggle to get a consistent and precise value for the gravitational constant. We can get a lot of digits consistently, but we can't quite seem to agree on the exact value beyond a certain point.

    Of course, I think the leading theory has a lot more to do with material and therefore density variations throughout the crust and mantle, maybe core but probably less so. Still, standing in certain spots is going to get you slight tugs in different directions, and it may not matter when you're only after a few digits, but when you decide you want all of them... Little things start to matter.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Imagine a spherical Earth...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I wonder why the visualisation wasn't made so it rotates continuously in an endless loop, or is Voyager acting up?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Explains why my states motto

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The orange is our current weather.

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