the-star-stuff:

How Much Water is On Earth?

In this illustration, the blue ball represents the volume of all the water on earth, relative to the size of the earth. The tiny speck to the right of the blue ball represents Earth’s fresh water. CREDIT: David Gallo/WHOI 

If Earth was the size of a basketball, all of its water would fit into a ping pong ball.

How much water is that? It’s roughly 326 million cubic miles (1.332 billion cubic kilometers), according to a recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey. Some 72 percent of Earth is covered in water, but 97 percent of that is salty ocean water and not suitable for drinking.

“There’s not a lot of water on Earth at all,” said David Gallo, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts.

thedailywhat:

United States Of Middle Earth of the Day: A map of the contiguous United States, drawn in the style of Lord of the Rings. (Embiggen.)

Before you point them out, the artist is aware that there are “many inconsistencies” in the map. ”Most of the time I just finished inking something in then immediately realized my mistake,” he explains. “Many curses were said.”

[reddit.]

(Source: ibegtodifferonthecontrary)

Le Festival du Voyageur: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

trextrying:

T-Rex Trying to Fold a Map…

#TRexTrying

Dat Resolution!!! Dayum!

I just had to share that, now back to work.

fuckyeahgeographyalligator:

thumper-:

Urbanisation of Las Vagas

Please note the change in water level on the right-hand side of the picture.

I’m thinking maybe I oughta read Hunger games.
Maybe I oughta just read more in general.

[Embiggen]
[source: aim my arrows high] [via geeks.thedailywh.at]

The Costa Concordia lying on its side, as seen from space.

[via thedailywhat]

[guardian / msnbc.]

timemagazine:

Check out the top of Reddit right now and you’ll see a TIME cover focusing on the obesity epidemic in America. It’s a great cover. But it’s not ours. 

It was designed last year as a class assignment by Ricky Linn, a graphic design student at Art Center of College of Design. We hear his professor didn’t like it.

We may not have elbow patches on our blazers, Ricky, but it’s definitely an A to us.

rickylinn:

So this just happened.

NUMBER ONE ON REDDIT.

Good lord I wish I could show this to my instructor now who thought this was failed concept.