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KiwiCo Offer: Get 50% off your first month of ANY crate by going to https://www.kiwico.com/ScienceAsylum We like the think the Earth has a lot of texture: mountains, valleys, trenches, rock, grass, water. But is human touch sensitive enough to detect these features? Let's find out with some scale models. 00:00 Cold Open 00:48 Oblate Spheroids 01:42 Earth's Geoid 02:21 How Tall Are Mountains? 04:03 Failed Scale Models 05:04 Million to One Scale 07:52 Human Touch 09:40 Summary 10:07 Outro 10:43 Sponsor Message 11:50 Featured Comment Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS How many Earths fit in the Sun? https://youtu.be/Ga0TKrylnXY Solar System Model: https://youtu.be/iGV4y2W2SOE ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Tom Scott on Mountains: https://youtu.be/i8P5a1uqIMw MinutePhysics on Sea Level: https://youtu.be/q65O3qA0-n4 ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: https://www.scienceasylum.com ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Fabio Manzini, Josiah Gleaton, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Ken Davis, Sean K, Wacky, Blank NA, Flying Monkey Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu, Rick Myers Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, Benjamin Dixon, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, LT Marshall, Marcus Barcelos, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Patrick Mathieson, Stephen Blinn, Stephen Gailey, Tom Hawking, Vittorio Monaco, Don Wilshe ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/earth_info.html https://www.fai.org/news/statement-about-karman-line https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highestpoint.html https://www.nature.com/articles/srep02617 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/3666/earths-gravity-field https://www.sensorsone.com/local-gravity-calculator/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/46/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_United_States ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS Featured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7weMCsff0xw&lc=UgxbgIqqv2_1nmczZjp4AaABAg Oblate Spheroid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgxNm9qSPlS5qVGf1Nl4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=Ugxjhk0TAM25KjGUbIJ4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgwyQSf4wfkGsEFy2-V4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgzRWatHuY6KLHsfsUl4AaABAg Geoid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgxIzfkhJOwgiW4fuB94AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgxU71Q7DXfA9h-q3Rl4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgyWV-ZSTdll7D7899V4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga0TKrylnXY&lc=UgxWHSOJOvCdfiUqSuB4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Denali: https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=83BBEC6C-1DD8-B71C-078F25859A8537C4 Geoid: http://icgem.gfz-potsdam.de/vis3d/longtime Mariana Trench: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1605/logs/may2/media/1605rovvent.html