Earth looks like a potato

[Bandito]

It looks like a giant potato in space. And yet, the information in this model is the sharpest view we have of how gravity varies across the Earth.

The globe has been released by the team working on Europe's Goce satellite.

It is a highly exaggerated rendering, but it neatly illustrates how the tug we feel from the mass of rock under our feet is not the same in every location. Gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones.

Scientists say the data gathered by the super-sleek space probe is bringing a step change in our understanding of the force that pulls us downwards and the way it is shaping some key processes on Earth.
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[Lenina Rosenweg]

Are you sure about that?
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/earth2.jpg

http://lvs.psshee.com/images/potato.jpg



Separated at birth or what?

[Pretty Flaco]

Are you sure about that?
(pictures)
Separated at birth or what?

I think the point is that the earth is lumpy and the lumpiness creates disproportional levels of gravitational pull. :p

[Bandito]

Yep, it's Earth without the water masses. Explains why the gravity is different in different parts of the globe. And it's cool.

[Nolan]

So is that why potatos come out of the earth

[Lenina Rosenweg]

Yep, it's Earth without the water masses. Explains why the gravity is different in different parts of the globe. And it's cool.

Gotcha. Hope you'll forgive my sometimes sarcastic sense of humor. It is interesting.

[Pretty Flaco]

Gotcha. Hope you'll forgive my sometimes sarcastic sense of humor. It is interesting.

oh.. my bad. I took you seriously. Sometimes it's hard to tell with drier humor

[IndependentCitizen]

I was never good at science, but there's one thing about it, and that it's frickin' awesome.

Astrology is an epic subject to read about, thanks for sharing this

[The Man]

So is that why potatos come out of the earth


If the potatoes come out of the earth from the earth and earth looks like a potato where does the earth that looks like a potato come from? A potato?

[DrStrangelove]

If the potatoes come out of the earth from the earth and earth looks like a potato where does the earth that looks like a potato come from? A potato?

The universe is a potato?

[Agent Ducky]

The universe is a potato?
Yes. That is the only logical explanation. THE UNIVERSE IS INDEED A POTATO.

[The Scream]

Yes. That is the only logical explanation. THE UNIVERSE IS INDEED A POTATO.

:rolleyes:

But what is the moon?

Surely not a carrot?

[The Man]

:rolleyes:

But what is the moon?

Surely not a carrot?

Ha you idiot...

Everyone knows that The Moon is a Zucchini.

[Summerspeaker]

It's clearly potatoes all the way down.

[Agent Ducky]

Ha you idiot...

Everyone knows that The Moon is a Zucchini.

It's not cheese? Ok then. =]

[teflon_john]

Astrology is an epic subject to read about, thanks for sharing this




when you're done with that you should check out Astronomy.

[the last donut of the night]

can i mash it

[Black Sheep]

I miss Rsa..
She would question the f out of this.:(

[∞]

Astrology is an epic subject to read about, thanks for sharing this

Astrology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology) is a pseudo-science. Astronomy, is a science dedicated to the study of the cosmos.

[Luís Henrique]

No, the Earth doesn't look like a potato.


It looks like a giant potato in space. And yet, the information in this model is the sharpest view we have of how gravity varies across the Earth.

The globe has been released by the team working on Europe's Goce satellite.

It is a highly exaggerated rendering, but it neatly illustrates how the tug we feel from the mass of rock under our feet is not the same in every location. Gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones.

Scientists say the data gathered by the super-sleek space probe is bringing a step change in our understanding of the force that pulls us downwards and the way it is shaping some key processes on Earth.

So, if instead of gravity it was based in the thickness of the ozon layer, it would be bumpy in the poles.

And it is highly exagerated, which means that a minimal variation on the intensity of gravity is transformed into a huge bump.

Luís Henrique

[black magick hustla]

No, the Earth doesn't look like a potato.



party pooper

[Luís Henrique]

party pooper
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001047629/Party_Pooper_answer_6_xlarge.jpeg

Crappy parties deserve a party crapping...

Luís Henrique

[El Chuncho]

That explains it...

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