Here I thought the joke was going to be “The Earth is actually a complete sphere without having any slices or cross-sections taken out of it like that.”
mint chip lava cake
Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Related fun fact: The Earth’s crust is largely made of feldspars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar
exocrinous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
The sun is green too
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You mean it’s not a gobstopper?
Bastards! What am I doing licking things, then?
scytale@lemm.ee 8 months ago
One of the pictures shows the mantle having a slight green hue.
Evotech@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Choklet
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
behind every geologist is a strong desire to eat rock
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Kerbal space program was right!
noxy@yiffit.net 8 months ago
looks like a delicious matcha scone!
stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The mantle is between 500-4500K, meaning most of it is hot enough to glow at least a dull red.
You don’t say lava is black because once it cools down it turns black…
Mindhunter@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Maybe OP does
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I often forget we’re basically living on a spherical hot pocket fresh out of the microwave.
portifornia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Crispy Crunchy Tender Flaky Crust, Earth pocket!
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Early scientific estimates of the age of the earth are underestimated it because they assumed the hot potato model, but radioactive decay keeps the earth hot for longer.
neo@feddit.de 8 months ago
Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!