WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PLACE ON EARTH?

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p_rehbein

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and..............NO........it is not Colorado...... :)


Whenever the question is asked, what is the highest point on planet Earth?, people naturally assume that the answer is Mt. Everest. In fact, so embedded is the notion that Mt. Everest is the highest point on the world that most people wouldn’t even think twice before answering. And even when we talk of other huge mountains in the Solar System (like Mars’ Olympus Mons), we invariably compare them to Mt. Everest. But in truth, Everest does not hold the record for being the highest point on Earth. Due to the nature of our planet – which is not shaped like a perfect sphere but an oblate spheroid (i.e. a sphere that bulges at the center) – points that are located along the equator are farther away ...Read more




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What is the Highest Place on Earth?
 
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jb

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Heaven is the highest place on earth, for a Christian anyway...
 
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Susanna

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Not Texas it isn't....so flat you can see an elephant running away for three days:p.
 
p_rehbein

p_rehbein

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Susanna said:
Not Texas it isn't....so flat you can see an elephant running away for three days:p.
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wee elephant thinking you have never been to Big Bend National Park.
 
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oldethennew

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in my eyes, it was back in the 50's when this 'tom-boy' climbed almost up-to-the-top
of a HUMONGOS Sycamore Tree,
and then experiencing the FEAR of how to get back down!!!

MEM-OR-IES!.!.!.!
 
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BeyondET

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Cool post indeed thanks :)
And the highest mountain peak in our solar system is on Mars Olympus Mons.
 
notuptome

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Depends on how you measure height. There are some really high mountains that are sitting on the bottom of the ocean.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
Billyd

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The convenience store down the road from my house has to be the winner.
 
hornetguy

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Got to be the Rocky Mountains..... John Denver even wrote a song about it.....
 
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