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 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Related fun fact: The Earth’s crust is largely made of feldspars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar
exocrinous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
The sun is green too
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You mean it’s not a gobstopper?
Bastards! What am I doing licking things, then?
scytale@lemm.ee 2 years ago
One of the pictures shows the mantle having a slight green hue.
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Choklet
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
behind every geologist is a strong desire to eat rock
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Kerbal space program was right!
noxy@yiffit.net 2 years ago
looks like a delicious matcha scone!
stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Maybe OP does
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I often forget we’re basically living on a spherical hot pocket fresh out of the microwave.
portifornia@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Crispy Crunchy Tender Flaky Crust, Earth pocket!
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years 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 2 years ago
Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!