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annabanana

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Thu May 24, 2012, 06:28 AM May 2012

All the Water in the World. [View all]

When you start to see politics coalesce around WATER, its availability, its potability and access to it, it is wise to remember that there is not much of it.

You always hear that 3/4ths of the worlds surface is covered by water, but when you see it all in a ball, you can see just how precious it is:



The small 'planet' is Jupiter's moom, Europa.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

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All the Water in the World. [View all] annabanana May 2012 OP
Scary isn't it? trumad May 2012 #1
I guess I hadn't figured into my impression annabanana May 2012 #2
I'd like to see this done yesphan May 2012 #3
ORIGINAL breathable atmosphere? Or annabanana May 2012 #5
Perhaps both, for comparison. yesphan May 2012 #6
DU Rec. woo me with science May 2012 #4
Thank you annabanana May 2012 #7
That's a wonderful image. I'd like to see it MineralMan May 2012 #8
Except more water is made every day. More Earth is not. nt Dreamer Tatum May 2012 #9
Umm I don't think so. annabanana May 2012 #10
??? Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #12
Show the quantity of fresh water and it gets even clearer. K&R. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #11
Fascinating aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #13
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