Our thin skin (of water and air)
January 7th, 02009 by Alexander Rose
On the left: “All the water in the world
(1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it)
including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers,
ground water, clouds, etc.”
On the right: “All the air in the atmosphere
(5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a
ball at sea-level density.”
Re-blogged from Forgetomori.
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Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Thank you for your research on our air and waters. So cool!
Posted on January 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Who ever devised an implemented this graphic has a unique ablility to communicate complex information. I am astounded and bemused. Congratulations.
Posted on January 9th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
yes, if only all science could be so strikingly and graphically illustrated.
Posted on January 10th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Say, at what densities??
Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Clever, but highly inaccurate graphic. The water bubble is off by orders of magnitude.