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 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Related fun fact: The Earth’s crust is largely made of feldspars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar
exocrinous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The sun is green too
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You mean it’s not a gobstopper?
Bastards! What am I doing licking things, then?
scytale@lemm.ee 11 months ago
One of the pictures shows the mantle having a slight green hue.
Evotech@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Choklet
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
behind every geologist is a strong desire to eat rock
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Kerbal space program was right!
noxy@yiffit.net 11 months ago
looks like a delicious matcha scone!
stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 11 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 11 months ago
Maybe OP does
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I often forget we’re basically living on a spherical hot pocket fresh out of the microwave.
portifornia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Crispy Crunchy Tender Flaky Crust, Earth pocket!
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 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 11 months ago
Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!