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On the Lighter Side => New Theories => Topic started by: twenty6s on 15/02/2008 15:00:13

Title: Where is sky??
Post by: twenty6s on 15/02/2008 15:00:13

When you talk about the structure of earth, everyone simple says core, mantle & crust. If what we walk on is the crust then where is sky? Can anyone answer that 4 me. it is this picture in wikipedia that got me thinking.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Terrestial_Planets_internal_en.jpg/800px-Terrestial_Planets_internal_en.jpg

Title: Where is sky??
Post by: Soul Surfer on 15/02/2008 16:48:02

On that scale the our atmosphere is a paper thin layer of gas too small to be shown in the diagram.  that's why it's so easy to muck it up there really isn't very much of it!