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 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Related fun fact: The Earth’s crust is largely made of feldspars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar
exocrinous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The sun is green too
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You mean it’s not a gobstopper?
Bastards! What am I doing licking things, then?
scytale@lemm.ee 1 year ago
One of the pictures shows the mantle having a slight green hue.
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Choklet
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
behind every geologist is a strong desire to eat rock
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Kerbal space program was right!
noxy@yiffit.net 1 year ago
looks like a delicious matcha scone!
stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Maybe OP does
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I often forget we’re basically living on a spherical hot pocket fresh out of the microwave.
portifornia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Crispy Crunchy Tender Flaky Crust, Earth pocket!
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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 1 year ago
Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!