The path of the solar eclipse includes the South China Sea. May the new light that emerges from the darkness bring calm and peace to an area experiencing tensions.
Explanation: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Althoughoceans of watercover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, these oceans areshallow comparedto the Earth's radius.
Theabove illustrationshows what would happen if all ofthe wateron or near the surface of the Earth were bunched up into aball. The radius of this ball would be only about 700 kilometers, less than half the radius of theEarth's Moon, but slightly larger than Saturn's moonRheawhich, like many moons in our outer Solar System, is mostly water ice.
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