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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • 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…

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    • Mindhunter@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe OP does

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    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I often forget we’re basically living on a spherical hot pocket fresh out of the microwave.

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      • portifornia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Crispy Crunchy Tender Flaky Crust, Earth pocket!

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      • 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.

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    • neo@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!

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  • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.”

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Related fun fact: The Earth’s crust is largely made of feldspars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar

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  • exocrinous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The sun is green too

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You mean it’s not a gobstopper?

    Bastards! What am I doing licking things, then?

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    One of the pictures shows the mantle having a slight green hue.

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Choklet

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  • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    behind every geologist is a strong desire to eat rock

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  • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kerbal space program was right!

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  • noxy@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    looks like a delicious matcha scone!

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