Scientists aboard the Falkor (too) research vessel have documented, for the first time, an extinct volcano towering 5,250 feet above the seabed in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.
  • teft
    32•10 months ago

    twice the size of world’s tallest building

    5,250 feet above

    Just say nearly 1 mile high. Why are reporters so averse to standard measurements?

    • @ShittyBeatlesFCPresEnglish
      15•10 months ago

      5,280 feet is 1,584 Canada geese stacked on top of each other for our neighbors up north unfamiliar with imperial units.

    • @Treczoks
      12•10 months ago

      Where is the problem? It says “1600 meter”, which is perfectly fine and easy to scale. Initially, I was worried because they started with this “foot” thing while still having the word “science” in their name.

      • teft
        4•10 months ago

        That was great. Too funny but 100% on point.

        • JWBananasEnglish
          1•10 months ago

          “You asked about the temperature–”

          “I did not!”

    • SmuuthbraneEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      I’d love to know why. Giving me measurements in units of football fields, elephants, Olympic swimming pools, Empire State Buildings, or Mount Everest are fucking meaningless.

      • teft
        2•10 months ago

        Just say 1.6 kilometers then. I’m not averse to metric, the measurement was just really close to a mile so I used that.