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| title = Interest Timescales | | title = Interest Timescales | ||
| image = interest_timescales.png | | image = interest_timescales.png | ||
− | | titletext = Sometimes, parts of a slowly-rising mountain suddenly | + | | titletext = Sometimes, parts of a slowly-rising mountain suddenly rises REALLY fast, which is extra interesting. |
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Entire trees like the one shown typically last several decades or even centuries before they die - if not felled by humans, most are eventually toppled by the wind as well. The breeze needed for that can be measured on the {{w|Beaufort scale}}, likely above 5. | Entire trees like the one shown typically last several decades or even centuries before they die - if not felled by humans, most are eventually toppled by the wind as well. The breeze needed for that can be measured on the {{w|Beaufort scale}}, likely above 5. | ||
− | Finally, in the case of a mountain, | + | Finally, in the case of a mountain, typically mountains rise from the ground due to movement of {{w|tectonic plates}} which result in mountains either via volcanic activity or by simply pressing the ground up through the process of subduction (see [[1388: Subduction License]]). The mountains are then very slowly broken down by natural erosion forces, and the stone particles disperse on the wind. These events are much slower than the others, typically taking tens of millions of years to completely erode away a mountain. |
− | Additionally, some humor stems from the fact that Cueball acts like | + | Additionally, some humor stems from the fact that, while on the tree and mountain, although it takes thousands or millions of years for any change to be made noticeable to humans, Cueball acts like it is a {{w|roller coaster}}. |
− | The title text refers to the dramatic event in which a mountain suddenly | + | The title text refers to the dramatic event in which a mountain suddenly rises much higher due to a massive earthquake or volcanic eruption. Such events are rare and potentially deadly to living things. Calling it [https://youtu.be/ZhvkITCGqK4?t=25s "extra interesting"] is an understatement. |
+ | Another explanation of the title text would be that it refers to the volcanic eruption itself. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Most of my interests fall under "things rising up from the ground, hanging in the air, and then drifting away on the breeze," just on very different timescales. | :Most of my interests fall under "things rising up from the ground, hanging in the air, and then drifting away on the breeze," just on very different timescales. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |