Peter RichardsonLove this from @brookejarvis:
Our Very Strange Search for "Sea Level"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/our-very-strange-search-for-sea-level
The article ends with a reference to the Okjökull glacier memorial plaque, one of the most pre-haunted things I have ever seen:
༒ ɐɥɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ༒@meetar I wonder what elevation this plaque is, cuz I imagine the possibility that maybe in 200 years the photograph of it would be an underwater shot.
@amatecha Turns out this exact information is in the wiki article! 1114 meters (3655 feet).
@meetar hahah of course! That's what I get for not clicking through. I didn't think there would be info about the plaque itself on the page about the glacier. Cool - thanks! I guess that one won't be submerged by water anytime soon, then. Uhhh, otherwise things went REALLY awry 😅