• MartianSands@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    41
    ·
    5 months ago

    You’re mostly correct, but hilariously even all that wouldn’t be good enough because water behaves differently at different scales. Surface tension would dominate in a miniature model, and the water would be trying to stick to everything in a way which oceans simply don’t do

        • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          5 months ago

          I’m thinking where you could lay down next to the water on the beach and have the surface of the ocean slightly higher than the tip of your nose.

          • Username@feddit.de
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            9
            ·
            5 months ago

            Probably absolutely terrifying, considering the water would cling to you and it might be impossible to escape the surface tension.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      I did think about that, but I don’t know how surface tension works. I’ll certainly take mostly correct. Not bad for an amateur who just watches physics videos for fun.