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99th_Monkey

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4. Totally. It caught me completely off-guard.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 12:54 PM

Sep 2015

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Those visuals drive the point home quite well.

On edit: I'm so used to seeing the visual of the surface, where it appears the earth is
about 1/2 water, but alas it is not. It occurs to me this is a great example of how "optics"
can be very deceiving, even in nature.

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Ten Mindbending Facts About Water [View all] Fred Sanders Sep 2015 OP

The tie that binds us all packman Sep 2015 #1

Awesome article. Thanks Fred -nt- 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #2

Thank you! The fact there is so little water, and air, on the planet needs to be more widely known. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #3

Totally. It caught me completely off-guard. 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #4

Interesting food for thought.. AuntPatsy Sep 2015 #5

Interesting points, but I think #7 is a bit exaggerated. Nitram Oct 2015 #6

Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #7