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[Scale] The Mariana Trench Sure is Deep

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  1. TheMystery008

    TheMystery008 Member

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    Took you two minutes.

    I guess it won't be that bad.
     
    #21 TheMystery008, Aug 8, 2014
  2. TheMystery008

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    Watch One Piece and you'll have an idea.

    Sea Kings?!?
     
    #22 TheMystery008, Aug 8, 2014
  3. Kyakko

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    Didn't you see the 'to scale' picture of Cthulhu?
     
    #23 Kyakko, Aug 8, 2014
  4. SwoLy-D

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    Rosie O'Donnell's vagina? :eek:
     
    #24 SwoLy-D, Aug 8, 2014
  5. Nook

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    Chris Kaman lives down there....
     
    #25 Nook, Aug 8, 2014
  6. srrm

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    And yet the surface of the Earth relative to its radius would be smoother than the surface of a golf ball

    Edit: billiard ball
     
    #26 srrm, Aug 8, 2014
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  7. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Shouldn't Mariana Trench be a p*rn star's name?
     
    #27 bobrek, Aug 8, 2014
  8. DaDakota

    DaDakota Arrest all Pedophiles
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    THANK YOU - it took 17 posts for someone to respond...

    +Rep

    DD
     
    #28 DaDakota, Aug 8, 2014
  9. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    I think you mean billiard ball (?)
     
    #29 B-Bob, Aug 8, 2014
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    What is that alien language?
     
    #30 krnxsnoopy, Aug 8, 2014
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    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Yeah, I really enjoyed that as well. I think it means "no trespassing" in Alpha Centaurian. :eek:
     
    #31 B-Bob, Aug 8, 2014
  12. Rocket River

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    So . . .do we have *anything* capable of going that far down and taking pictures?
    Or would the depth crush everything

    Rocket River
     
    #32 Rocket River, Aug 8, 2014
  13. CCorn

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    Chuck Norris.
     
    #33 CCorn, Aug 8, 2014
  14. SwoLy-D

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    They have this plumb with a LooOOoOOooOOoOOoOOoOOooOooooOOOoooong string they drop onto the ocean floor to measure the distance... it won't crush. :eek:
     
    #34 SwoLy-D, Aug 8, 2014
  15. srrm

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    Billiard ball yes! Trying to sound smart backfired on me.
     
    #35 srrm, Aug 8, 2014
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    That's not an alien language. That is actually illuminati code for Atlantis! We are trying to be discrete about it, lest the plebeians find out about it!...:eek:
    .......
    .......
    .......
     
    #36 BamBam, Aug 8, 2014
  17. vstexas09

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    Cool thread.

    You guys should check this out.

    http://scaleofuniverse.com/

    Interactive scale of everything small and large in the universe
     
    #37 vstexas09, Aug 8, 2014
  18. txppratt

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    its amazing how little we know about our deep oceans.
     
    #38 txppratt, Aug 8, 2014
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    Bet you I could swim to the bottom holding my breath. I bet you.
     
    #39 Haymitch, Aug 8, 2014
  20. Rocket River

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    More so amazing is .. .we don't seem to care to know more. . .

    Rocket River
     
    #40 Rocket River, Aug 8, 2014
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