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TIL how tall buildings are (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

Everest isn’t 8000 meters from the base to peak. It’s 8000 meters at the peak but the foothills are several hundred meters high before you even get to everest. The buildings shown would have to be shown below ground if we really wanted to see them compared to everest’s height.

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago (4 children)
    1. The buildings are shown as you would see them if they were built at the base of the mountain, to show its size. The sea level is irrelevant for this illustration.
    2. This isn't Mount Everest.
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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Then why is the top listed as everest’s height k2’s height (just woke up and can’t read yet), ? It should list height from base to peak, not sea level to peak. It’s misleading this way.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It shows the height above sea level at the base, too.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Buildings and mountain are shown at actual size. The graphic is only comparing prominence.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    The misleading part is having the picture labeled as the height of k2 here. The height listed should be its prominence not sea level to peak.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    People generally refer to mountains by their altitude, and buildings by prominence. Those that are aware of the difference can subtract 4000 from 8611. Those that are not would be confused by different labeling.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    That’s not the issue i had with the photo. It was it not being labeled at the proper height from the base. I didn’t notice the label at the bottom hence the strike-thru of my comment.

    Those that don’t completely read the comment thread can be confused by different markup labeling.

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