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Can't argue with that logic (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Water mountains are my new favorite concept

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What is a tide if not a wide and mobile water hill?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also nowadays we have such accurate satellites that we can actually see the tiny increases in elevation of the sea level that reflect the topology of the sea floor.

Satellites notice the tiny "water mountains" which indicate the topology of the sea floor, and then they scan the place better with equipment on boats.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/25/more-than-5000-new-species-discovered-in-pacific-deep-sea-mining-hotspot

But yeah, I really think "water mountains" is a bit on a exaggeration to that phenomena.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. And I love that picture.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The "gummy squirrel"? Damn, marine biologists get to have all the fun naming all these animals on top of spending so much time at sea! I'm starting to regret my life choices.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Now that you asked, I wonder how flat earthers explain tides.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They don't