Discworld water cycle

[Batty]

Nobody has commented on my image or theory.

Nice graphic.

 

[Kladivo]

'Doctor, I seem to have this weird problem... People just simply ignore me...'
'Next!'

Sorry, couldn't help it :twisted:

 

[Batty]

Who said that??

 

[kakaze]

Thank you.

I know that the image wasn't anything fancy (particularly the turtle), but it was still a fair bit of work.

 

[poohcarrot]

I thought it was a super-doopa image and theory.

There are too many different threads to reply to all of them. I do read all of them but you have to be selective as to which to reply to. I made a decision not to get involved with this thread, because I had nothing of interest to add. Plus Kakaze's theory was pure brilliance.

As for the amazing graphic, well, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't floating in space.

 

[Ponder Stibbons]

i agree with batty and pooh. Nice image. extremely complicated and highly graphic explanation that makes sense. Now who does that remind me of?...

Only one problem. What do the elephants and turtle drink?

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Water!!

 

[Quark]

The elephants? They probably drink off the Rimfall. The turtle? Ditto.
Great picture, by the way. I'm guessing it's mostly right, because even though gravity generally pulls 'down' on the Discworld, that's only because it's flat. In reality, it might be entirely possible to walk around on A'tuin like a planetary body. This means that perhaps water will condense into clouds anywhere around the turtle - including the discworld. The water falls off, gets trapped in gravity, circulates for a while and then gets dumped somewhere else, that may, or may not, be on the disc.
On the other hand, perhaps there's some kind of magically-sourced spring? If you hit a dead-end, you can always blame stuff on magic.
It seems really strange, you know? Discussing the Science of the Discworl... oops!

 

[kakaze]

Thank you everyone for the comments, particularly the "super-doopa"

I'd say that the elephants & turtle get water from the rimfall and general humidity. Since they're space-going creatures, they probably have very efficient metabolic systems and lose very little water to things like sweat & urine.

 

[mspanners]

Nope it's just Magic, if the Field collapses the Oceans will drain... Look it up in The Last Hero......

 

[Quark]

Aw, sorry. :|
I'm still quite new to Discworld, having only managed to get my hands on Hogfather, The Truth, and The Color of Magic. Damn my ignorance.

 

[Dotsie]

The rules change all the time anyway. The more you read, the less clear things are.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

and we don't care/help too much - people can read Terry in lots of different ways, but it really doesn't matter 'cos then we can debate until kingdom comesabout the books with merry quips and friendly banter

Don't we pooh? :twisted:

 

[poohcarrot]

No.

 

[poohcarrot]

...but I am working on a theory of epic proportions (like the Maurice theory) which may or may not be unleashed in the Nightwatch discussion.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Gooooood

 

[kakaze]

Nope it's just Magic, if the Field collapses the Oceans will drain... Look it up in The Last Hero......

Right, because the Disc's gravity field is created by octiron deep in it's crust, and, as everyone knows, octiron can only exist in an area with a strong magical field.

 

[Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit]

I am picturing that Spin Art which was so popular when I was a kid. Started reading Interesting times last night and am chuckling about Rincewind listening to Ponder mention the possibility that he could arrive in a big smear.

 

[Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit]

Gooooood

It shall be quaite entertaining to see thea Diplomaticeah Verbage hit the fan like a short, sharp, shower of sh... Oooh there's a bunny.

 

[poohcarrot]

Kakaze, can you pm me your website address?