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minus-squarenycvin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 hours agoGot me thinking, Olympus Mons is the tallest peak in the solar system right? But there is no water on Mars. Mount Everest is measured from sea level. If you measured from the bottom of the ocean it’s there a taller peak somewhere on earth?
minus-squareShootfast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 hours agoThat would be Mauna Kea in Hawai’i
minus-squarenycvin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 hours agoCool, thanks! 9,330 m Still not close to Olympus Mons but the more you know…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoWouldn’t Everest still be the tallest? I mean, I have to assume it extends below sea level, too. It’s not just floating at sea level But where does a mountain start being a mountain and not just the ground? 🤔
minus-squarejohsny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI was wondering about this too. Which peak is furthest from the center of the planet.
Got me thinking, Olympus Mons is the tallest peak in the solar system right? But there is no water on Mars.
Mount Everest is measured from sea level. If you measured from the bottom of the ocean it’s there a taller peak somewhere on earth?
That would be Mauna Kea in Hawai’i
Cool, thanks! 9,330 m
Still not close to Olympus Mons but the more you know…
Wouldn’t Everest still be the tallest? I mean, I have to assume it extends below sea level, too. It’s not just floating at sea level But where does a mountain start being a mountain and not just the ground? 🤔
I was wondering about this too. Which peak is furthest from the center of the planet.