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- DiggLord, on 10/12/2007, -7/+158http://weecheng.com/africa/indianocean/seychelles/coco.jpg
Am I the only one who finds that picture funny? - Falldog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+78What'd the difference between "the greatest vertical drop on the earth" and "the worlds tallest vertical drop"?
- HHP2K, on 10/12/2007, -2/+50"1 registered and 2855 anonymous users are browsing this forum. "
Lol, digg. - Braxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35I asked myself the same thing.
I think Mount Thor looks awesome though, much cooler than the other 'drop'. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37Mount thor looks very ficitional.. like something from LOTR
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Some of the missing pictures:
Millau Viaduct: http://greatstructures.info/millau1.jpg
Mt. Baker, Washington: http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~hayner/graphics/mt_baker.jpg
Rafflesia arnoldii: http://www.lostworldarts.com/images/img350.jpg http://www.antoranz.net/CURIOSA/ZBIOR5/C0506/50609-QZD06042_RCP05066-26-010_Rafflesia-arnoldii.jpg
Atacama Desert: http://www.gonomad.com/gallery/northern%20chile/northern%20chile%20photos/Atacama_desert.jpg - Tonyisbad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17After reading this article i realized i need to get out of my room and see the world before i die. Wikipedia isn't doing it for me anymore to find out about stuff, i need to experience earth before i settle down/die...
Anyone want to go around the world with me? - bwpayne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14How about oldest single living organism alive?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristlecone_Pine
Yay California! - Guitarhero10, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Welcome back from 1999, did you have a good time?
- CrimsonFlash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12What about The Bay Of Fundy, Nova Scotia ? It has the highest tides in the world.
- MSTK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11The site and most experts agree that measurement of actual mountain height and size should be from the base to the tip. Mount Everest's base starts at a little bit above sea level. The actual mountain begins at that point. Go any lower and you're no longer on the mountain, you're on common Asia.
Hawaii, however, has a base that's well below sea level. The actual mountain begins there, below sea level.
It's not whether or not you measure it from the "underwater part" or "from the land up". They _always_ measure from the base to the tip. Mauna Kea simply has a lower base. - ldkronos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa both extend way below sea level, so that's how they can be taller while still at a lower elevation.
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Also, what is difference between the world's highest elevation, and the tallest mountain on earth?
Everest: 8844.43 m
Mauna Kea: 10000+ m
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Does that mean that Mt Everest 'begins' higher and ends higher than Mauna Kea.. right? - ChumpChief, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I like Colca Canyon, but I prefer Pepsi.
- dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11if were going by stereotypes then ill bet he doesn't. he'd be smart and realize that first off that be a bitch to carry and second everytime he got a boner enough blood would leave his head to make him dizzy
- theundone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6In regards to the highest recorded wind speed, the May 3rd, '99 tornadoes in the OKC area:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwur318.htm
I wasn't in the area, but I remember watching the news channels all night while the tornadoes touched down one after another, after another... - ldkronos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@MonsterMagnet:
Niagara Falls - Thats neither the tallest (Angel Falls) or largest (Victorial Falls)
Yellowstone - I'll give you that this one could have been included for a number of reasons: largest supervolcano, and I believe it also has the thinnest crust on land and most active geyser basin.
Mississippi River - It's neither the longest (Nile), widest (Río de la Plata), deepest (Nile), largest flow (Amazon), largest basin (Amazon), nor any other measure I can't seem to come up with. In terms of anything "extreme", the Mississippi is completely unremarkable (except maybe in "most repeitions per letter used in the name: 4 max, 2.75 average")
Grand Canyon - the article covered this. Colca canyon is deeper, and there are other canyons that are longer, larger, or "better" in just about every individual measure (though I'm bored of looking up stats). Perhaps the only record it holds is "Grandest" - scrag10, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12probably the altitude that the drop starts from.
- tlow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Pretty cool pictures but the author should learn how to spell OREGON. There is no A.
"Oregan's D River also has a claim as the shortest river in the world. However in practice the length of both rivers can vary substantially, and to date the Roe River remains the official record-holder." - theGOG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I want to drop something off of one of the "highest vertical drops".
- EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8::Sigh:: I still can't read "Titicaca" without laughing.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Is it just me or was the Asian guy pretending to stick that phallic shaped seed into that one that looked like an ass?
- cyrusaman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12I became frustrated with the consistent misspelling of the state of Oregon as "Oregan". Wouldn't a member of the Google Earth community use spellcheck?
- anyquestions, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Red Sea : Warmest & Saltiest sea on the Earth"
pretty sure the dead sea is saltier - Steelfox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Mt. Everest is tall from land up. Mauna Kea has the highest elevation because they measure the underwater part (which makes up most of it).
- skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm from Oregon and I've always pronounced it like "Or-uh-gn." Sort of like "organ" but not quite...I don't think the "e" can be totally ignored.
Definitely not "Or-ee-gun" or "Or-uh-gone" though. - gandre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5ROFL at your settling down equals death
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just to savour its wonderful aroma?
- ShBm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've always wanted to see a Rafflesia in real life. I hope some day I do.
- skyfire1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Very interesting read. Digg+
My favorite because it reminds me of Far Cry: http://www.sbell.co.uk/images/baikal4.jpg - dan00b, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3…dead sea is a saltwater lake AFAIK, while Red Sea is attached to an ocean…someone who's taken geography correct me. Caspian Sea is a lake, Black Sea is a lake. Mediterranean is attached to the Atlantic…
- Braxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Doesn't Mt. Everest also go below sea level? I would imagine all mountains start at the lowest point that the website pointed out.
- EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3nope, not even a little.
- steveabb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ok. It shows the deepest canyon, but doesn't even give an exact figure of how deep it is. "Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon" is not a sufficient value.
- gameforge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well, see my post about supervolcanoes above... and if you only get out of your car to look at the most extreme of any particular attraction, you must be one hell of a difficult person to impress. :-)
- oskite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Us here that live almost in sight of the second largest tide difference in the world, Turnagain Arm, don't like them much.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6how about yourself?
- Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When did Mexico City get dethroned by Seoul?
- bellevuegeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Very interesting list, but Seoul isn't the most populace city, Mexico City is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_city
Makes me wonder about the claims of all the other "facts". - dn11, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3How have i not seen pics of Mt. Thor before - that is ***** awesome
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11Of course all the world's greatest things have to be in North America! :rolleyes:
- xhadow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I am pretty sure I remember Kuwait being about 149 degrees Farenheit while I was deployed there, at least thats what the mercury read.
- ronaldpoi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yet another Peru mention on a digg story... sweet =)
- thomashallock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3So of all the lower 48 states, we only get the two shortest rivers and the smallest park on earth. I'll have to remember to not bother getting out next time I'm passing through the USA.
- ldkronos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2deleted...replied in wrong spot
- dagooh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He also wrote Dessert a few times...
- EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ummm... caldera != supervolcano
- Sealab2021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One really cool thing that has come from large tide difference are boar waves. They are rare but i have seen one :)
- manicleek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Morcambe Bay (The least interesing one on the list) is about 300 yards away from my office. Didn't think I'd ever see it on anything linked to on Digg
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You should reconsider.
Minnesota is the home to the world's largest ball of twine. Kansas is where you'll find the world's deepest hand-dug well, and the largest ball of mud. There's more treasures to be found, but you'll only want to plan one vacation at a time, I'm sure. -
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