• Astronomers find blue planet where it rains glass - sideways at 4500 miles per hour
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It is actually possible in the wake of a nuclear detonation for it to rain glass on Earth. Since nuclear warheads are generally air detonated, the fireball it generates causes a massive vacuum which sucks up the material beneath it. In the even of sand, the temperature of the explosion melts it into liquid glass almost immediately and the concussive wave flings it outward. It hits the ground in s molten state and seeps into it briefly before solidifying, causing most ofit to have trapped dirt in its base. Neat stuff. We don't have anything that compares to 4500 mph winds though, holy crap.
[QUOTE=Cureless;41415861]That planet rains glass, Uranus (apparently) has iceberg sized diamonds in an ocean of liquid diamond. Sure makes our planet seem boring in comparison.[/QUOTE] Our planet has complex life running around on it. Iceberg diamonds sound awesome, but diamonds are actually worthless. They're only expensive because some people say they are
[QUOTE=TheTalon;41431245]Our planet has complex life running around on it. Iceberg diamonds sound awesome, but diamonds are actually worthless. They're only expensive because some people say they are[/QUOTE] they're extremely useful in electronics, same with gold. the value isn't 100% arbitrary
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