Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Fifty amazing facts about the Earth
Yesterday marked the worldwide Earth Day, in order to emphasize the importance of preserving the environment and the planet itself. Timing. net transmits the list of 50 incredible facts about the universe, atmosphere, land, sea, designed by Girafa Blog
The universe
* 150 billion was the cost to the international Space Station, which makes it the most expensive object in history,
* 6 billion miles is the furthest distance from Earth is photographed
* 10 days is Tardigradi time, more resistant creatures in the world, can pass into space
* 2 minutes is the time one can spend in space unprotected
* High air pollution in China can be seen from space, but can be seen Great Wall of China
* During the day have 24 hours - 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds up time required for the Earth to rotate around its own axis and this is called sidereal day
* 38,000 objects that are created by people revolve around the Earth by the 1957 launch of Sputnjikut
* The land has an area that is more polished than the game is the sphere of spheres. The high mountains and deep oceans comprise 1/5000 part of the perimeter of the Earth
* NASA estimates that Earth Day falls on a leftover piece of the universe
* About the Earth at this moment there are 22,000 objects built by man who circumference 10 inches and more
Atmosphere
* 100 tons of small meteorites, mainly fragments of dust, every day entering the Earth's atmosphere
* Largest meteorite that has ever fallen on Earth crater left behind him, as Hoban meteorite was Petak, certainly was rejected by earth stone on the surface of the water
* 19 km is the height at which it is necessary to keep the pressure garments. If clothes are not maintained, the water begins to boil. This limit is called the height of Armstrong
* The ozone hole is shrinking. Mbështellse holes in 2012 was the lowest in 10 years
* 4.3 quadrillion dollars is the value of the deal to the atmosphere if a cubic meter CO2 penny costs 1.3
* Land of lightning hit 8.6 million
* Dinosaurs could exist only once though the atmosphere was much more oxygen
Saltwater
* In 97 percent of the Earth is salt water and only 3 percent of fresh
* The Antarctic ice that has more water in the Atlantic
* 1 liter of sea water contains 12 billion share of a gram of gold
* 90 percent of the world's oceans waste consists of plastic
* Every year 2,000 new creatures describe marine
* Ocean represents 99 percent of the space for life on Earth
* Every year from shark attacks of 8-12 people lose their lives. Every year 100 million sharks kill him because of his papers
* Nearly one million species of creatures living in the oceans which two thirds should describe
* 90 percent of volcanic activity occurring in the oceans
* If all the world to collect water in a ball it would be 860 kilometers in diameter, the icy moon of Saturn Tetus
* Deepest part of the ocean is 10.9 kilometers and called Marian channel
Underground
* Earth is the only planet in our solar system that has tectonic plates. Without them carbon can not be consumed and Land reciklohej and could overload
* Rare elements are not rare. Luteciumi (Lu), rare element ik, is 200 times more common than gold layer of the Earth
* 99 percent of the gold is located in the heart of the Earth, which would be enough to circle the Earth to become a thickness of 46 centimeters wrapping
* 5500 Celsius heat is the heart of the Earth, which is the temperature of the Sun
* In the heart of the Earth is solid iron sphere with a diameter of 2,400 kilometers. Although due to heat is white, the pressure is so high that you can not merge
* Weight 55 is our largest crystal on Earth is found in Mexico mine
* Under the Amazon River is 'river' Rio Hamza, which in some parts is up to 400 kilometers wide. He walks with a millimeter per hour speed through rocks
* 2.8 miles is greater depth in which bacteria is found. They live by transforming the uranium radioactivity in water and energy
Property
* 40 million tons is the amount of wind carries dust from the Sahara to the Amazon
* In Turkmestan location is called "gates of hell". It is a hole filled with gas now 40 years of uninterrupted light
* 3.5 billion years is the age of the fossils found in Australia. They are much older than the moment when Earth's atmosphere was oxygen
* 57.8 degrees Celsius was the highest temperature ever recorded. This happened in 1922 in Libya
* 90.2 degrees Celsius is the lowest temperature ever recorded. This has happened in Antartik
* It has been almost 2 million years since I dropped a drop of water in the driest place in the world in Antarctica
* The continents move each year by 2 inches
* 75 percent of all animal species could be extinct in the next 300 years
* It is estimated that the land identified only 14 percent of all species
Man
* Every day 200,000 people are born
* So far on Earth 106 billion people have lived
* By 2050 the Earth will be 9.2 billion people
* 2 people die every second
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