Oooo im stardust! One step closer to unicorn. Oh yeah!
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· 10 years ago
So Katara and Sokka were sucking on frozen frogs in an episode of Avatar, and I always thought that it wasnt possible for the frogs to be alive when thawed...
Just like I said above, this lacks proper context. The intent of this reference omitted that they are comparing the total true height of Mauna Kea as measured from its ocean base, 10,100 meters. Everest might have the highest peak, but Mauna Kea is the tallest on Earth.
(Shoot, even K2, a mountain near Everest is taller.)
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The picture does allude to that by showing it in profile and including the ocean base.
Another thing to remember is that while Everest has the highest peak at 8,850 meters, when you measure it from the base... the Himalayan Plateau which averages 4,500 meters, Everest is only 4,350 meters tall. Not much "taller" than Mauna Kea.
I believe that what astronauts have reported what their suits smell like after they have come in from a space walk.
You don't explode either, btw. It's theorized that an unprotected human can survive up to 90 seconds of exposure to hard vacuum. BSG actually got that right.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exposure
The title "Big Bang" was actually a colloquial insult given to the theory by its detractors that happened to stick.
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It really hasn't been "proven" anything...
The best we have done is to observationally verify and refine theories that have been formulated concerning the matter. This has been done with increasing accuracy and distance as the sensitivity of our instruments improve.
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Explosion? Depends on the definition. The definition "a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures..." sure meets the criteria.
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"Gradual?" Again, we are faced with the issue of magnitude and perspective. Expansion has not been constant, at times it is theorized to have actually expanded faster than light. Matter and energy can't travel faster than light, but the expansion of space itself can.
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TL:DR; You're not "wrong," but the perspective, scale and epoch is very important.
(Shoot, even K2, a mountain near Everest is taller.)
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The picture does allude to that by showing it in profile and including the ocean base.
You don't explode either, btw. It's theorized that an unprotected human can survive up to 90 seconds of exposure to hard vacuum. BSG actually got that right.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exposure
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It really hasn't been "proven" anything...
The best we have done is to observationally verify and refine theories that have been formulated concerning the matter. This has been done with increasing accuracy and distance as the sensitivity of our instruments improve.
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Explosion? Depends on the definition. The definition "a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures..." sure meets the criteria.
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"Gradual?" Again, we are faced with the issue of magnitude and perspective. Expansion has not been constant, at times it is theorized to have actually expanded faster than light. Matter and energy can't travel faster than light, but the expansion of space itself can.
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TL:DR; You're not "wrong," but the perspective, scale and epoch is very important.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_(cosmology)
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This is a good place to start in order to not only understand the scales talked about, but more importantly, the path we took to get there:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqCMTAzarg