Read page 2 of this thread. The image you posted isn't what Earth would look like at all.
Deformed Planet
- Thread starter JeffBea
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Read page 2 of this thread. The image you posted isn't what Earth would look like at all.
Ok fair enough the image shown is slightly exaggerated, maybe this is more accurate.
[video=youtube;2ythE-hJiNE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ythE-hJiNE[/video]
Still wrong, I'm afraid. The one you initially showed is a geoid. Distorted to illustrate the relative strength of the gravitational field based on varying densities within the earth.
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No, the image shown is massively exaggerated. As said before, if the Earth was the size of a billiard ball, it would be smoother and more spherical than one. Conversely, if a billiard ball were enlarged to the size of Earth, the maximum allowable bump (mountain) or dent (trench) would be 28,347 metres. Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is only 8,848 metres above sea level. Earth's deepest trench, the Mariana Trench, is only about 11 kilometres below sea level.
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At it's deepest part, the ocean is only about 0.17% the radius of the Earth, so hardly noticeable at all on the large scale that hasn't been exaggerated.
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And this is how the same planet appears for 1.5 players :
I'm wondering how "shared" the galaxy will be after a few of those seasons...
Now that is a shame, non Horizon players should be able to see the real shapes of the planets, come on FD!