OT: Tsunami Pic ..., OMG! Options

[SirAndy]

the wave rolling in, taken from a hotel room, in Thailand ...

look at the palm tree barely sticking out the top of the wave!
OMG (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

[SpecialK]

QUOTE (scruz914 @ Dec 28 2004, 10:14 PM)

QUOTE (seanery @ Dec 28 2004, 05:56 PM) QUOTE (rick 918-S @ Dec 28 2004, 07:48 PM) The wave caused a measurable shortening of the day. Actually changed the earths rotation speed! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) for real? Sort of for real. The quake did not effect the Earth's speed of rotation, which determines the length of a day. It did effect the wobble of the Earth's axis which is most apparent at the poles. So even though the Earth's rotation was impacted our day did not increase or decrease as a result of the earthquake. As for whether the Earth expanded or contracted because of the earthquake, the Earth is expanding and contracting constantly with changes in the oceanic and continental plates. Some earthquakes are caused by massive and sudden shifts at the boundries of these plates. Expansion is caused by spreading at the midocean ridges. Contraction is from the oceanic plates pushing under the contentinal plates as well as from the colliding of continental plates. Overall the expansions and contractions pretty much offset each other. So there is a chance that this earthquake did cause an expansion or contraction in the Earth's surface, but it will also probably be offset buy opposing movements elsewhere.

Yeah....what he said.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)