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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• fonix232@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At this point I'm perfectly happy with my daily walk around Pubis Mons

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  • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yo mamma so fat…wait a minute.

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• nycvin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Got me thinking, Olympus Mons is the tallest peak in the solar system right? But there is no water on Mars.

  Mount Everest is measured from sea level. If you measured from the bottom of the ocean it’s there a taller peak somewhere on earth?

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  • Shootfast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That would be Mauna Kea in Hawai’i

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    • nycvin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cool, thanks! 9,330 m

      Still not close to Olympus Mons but the more you know…

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t Everest still be the tallest? I mean, I have to assume it extends below sea level, too. It’s not just floating at sea level 🤷‍♂️

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not floating at sea level, but it doesn’t even extend to sea level. The base of the mountain is well above sea level. If you live in a flat part of New Mexico, South Africa, or Mongolia you’re significantly higher above sea level than someone in England, Eastern Europe, or Mississippi. If you think of the mountain as extending below sea level you start seeing (tectonic) mountain ranges as like Aspen forests, where it’s just a single thing. Such as the Rocky mountain and the Himalaya mountain, while volcanic mountains such as the Cascades and Hawaii remain ranges.

      But yeah differentiating where a new mountain starts vs just another peak of the same one isn’t necessarily easy

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    • johsny@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was wondering about this too. Which peak is furthest from the center of the planet.

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      • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo

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• jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The lower gravity is a mitigating factor.

  I’ve been planning my ascent since I was four.

  I won’t hesitate to Amundsen you.

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  • Klear@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also it’s so huge that it is basically flat. It’s nit a climb but a long trek.

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    • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      According to Wikipedia it has a diameter if 600km. Assuming, that the peak of the mountain sits right in the middle you would still have a 300km walk in front of you.

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• finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  … I see what you did there.

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• kungen@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Let’s be realistic and say Inaccessible Island instead. Like come on, it’s in the name.

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