astronomy – Waiting for Winter

his-name-was-writ-in-water:

zachthemermaid:

eurotrottest:

beepbeepblurp:

jerkstyles:

seebeyondthesex:

helloootricksterr:

12-gauge-rage:

The Earth is lumpy.

I was not aware of this. thank you

this makes so much sense but it makes me so uncomfortable

i wish i hadn’t seen this

One time my bf was telling me about people who argue about intelligent creation by saying “the earth is perfectly round!” And I said “but it isn’t!” And he was so proud of me

okay so im just learning this

yet another unrealistic expectation for planets

there are literally pictures of earth, why on earth do you think this is an accurate image? this is a 3d image visualising the geoid height of new global gravity field models. here is a picture of the earth, taken in 1972 by Apollo 17

the earth isn’t actually perfectly round, though; it’s a little bit flatter on the top because of the force exerted along the axis of rotation; this can also be observed by spinning a balloon along a single axis.