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xkcd #3135: Sea Level

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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3135/

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 107 points 10 months ago (19 children)

There are places in the solar system where the tide rips new mountains up every go around.

[–] 8baanknexer@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where is that? Is that on one of the moons of Jupiter?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system, by a long shot.

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