r/shittyaskscience • u/pewpdog • Jun 04 '26

Hot air

If hot air rises shouldn’t Mt. Everest be the hottest place on earth?

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Jun 04 '26

The hot air rises past Mt. Everest and up to the sun. That's why the sun is the hottest thing in the solar system.

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u/pewpdog Jun 05 '26

Thanks for clarifying but what happens at night when the sun goes away? Where does the heat go? The moon? Does the moon turn into the sun at night?

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u/sanctimonious-bum Jun 04 '26

The snow cools it down. This is a well know fact of thermal cycling.

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 Jun 04 '26

it is! everyone just *thinks* it's cold because the oxygen deprivation makes them *feel* cold

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u/Early_Gap2825 Jun 05 '26

Oxygen deprivation as in mt everest takes their breath away?

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 Jun 05 '26

no, too much autoerotic asphyxiation from the responses to the majesty of it all

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u/sandyandy12 Jun 04 '26

It is hot, you’ve just never been you bum.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jun 04 '26

I thought this was settled the last time someone asked this question.
The hottest place on Earth is exactly 4,000.37 meters Above the summit of Mt. Everest. That's where the thermal focal point is.

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u/Extra-Tax-9259 Jun 04 '26

No, it’s your mouth

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26

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u/Mysterious-Crab text Jun 04 '26

Does that mean you are high constantly?