The Bard in GreenA to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoShower thought: To a creature from Titan, are we lava monsters?message-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareShower thought: To a creature from Titan, are we lava monsters?The Bard in GreenA to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoWe sure are. We’re walking around, being 70% superheated ice. We can melt normal solids like oxygen and carbon dioxide to vapour just by huffing on them. In fact, we breathe oxygen and carbon dioxide!
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI’m pretty sure oxygen would be a gas there. It wouldn’t last for long, as it’s that incredibly reactive gas that corrodes everything, but it’s a gas.
We sure are. We’re walking around, being 70% superheated ice. We can melt normal solids like oxygen and carbon dioxide to vapour just by huffing on them. In fact, we breathe oxygen and carbon dioxide!
I’m pretty sure oxygen would be a gas there.
It wouldn’t last for long, as it’s that incredibly reactive gas that corrodes everything, but it’s a gas.