{"id":939,"date":"2012-04-16T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/?p=939"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:00:03","slug":"earths-surface-peaks-to-depths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2012\/04\/16\/earths-surface-peaks-to-depths\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth’s Surface: Peaks to Depths"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this neat diagram below titled “tallest mountain to deepest ocean trench” on Our Amazing Planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the connections I’ve made to our study of physical geography include the relationship between altitude and air pressure, the formation of different types of clouds, levels of oxygen, orogeny, and the formation of islands.<\/p>\n

For example, the air pressure right around the peaks of the Himalayas is .33 atm which is a third of that measured at sea level, exemplifying the inverse relationship between altitude and air pressure that we have learned about.<\/p>\n

The infographic provides points along altitude that indicate how long it takes to boil an egg, which relates to our study of water-\u00a0a liquid boils at the temperature when its vapor pressure equals the surrounding pressure, thus explaining why it takes longer to boil at higher altitudes.<\/p>\n

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I enjoyed Googling different peaks that\u00a0 I was not familiar with such as Puncak Jaya in Papua, Indonesia which is the world\u2019s highest island peak. When looking into this island I found that it was created in the late Miocene Melanesian orogeny,\u00a0caused by oblique collision between the Australian and Pacific plates.<\/p>\n

See the animated map of the extent of the glaciers of the Carstens Range (including Puncak Jaya) from 1850 to 2003 which depict a significant retreat of glaciers in this equatorial geographic location. It was interesting to connect this to our study of temperature and seasonality around the equator.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons this image caught my eye was it\u2019s information on oceanic life and geography below sea level, which I am extremely interested in and is one of the reasons I chose to study abroad in Australia.<\/p>\n

It is just amazing to see in terms of depth how far down the oil riser goes for an oil rig in comparison to the depth records of scuba divers.<\/p>\n

The diagram illustrates the increased pressure below water and depicts how far humans have gone within an atmospheric diving suit as well as the deepest nuclear submarine achieved by the Soviets. I was surprised how much further down the Titanic was found.<\/p>\n

The diagram allows for a great comparison of depth with other iconic locations such as how deep the grand canyon is below sea level, that sharks are found within 7,000 feet from sea level prior to the “midnight zone” of no sunlight, and that the average ocean floor depth is 12,000, however the oceanic trenches that we’ve studied are beyond 20,000 feet below sea level.<\/p>\n

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