Why does the Earth need to be hollow? The added matter is the cause of the expansion which why you get earthquakes, volcanoes, rifts etc. which forces the Earth to expand/grow. See the article below which noted a correlation between earthquakes and mass corona emissions. It makes sense that during one of these events vastly more agitated material hits the Earth, and causes a more abrupt internal expansion resulting in a quake.danda wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:40 amNice, this is the first time I've seen numbers attached to this, and your question where does it go, sparked a connection.Aardwolf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 12:32 am Did this persuasion explain what happens to the hundreds of tons of matter penetrating the magnetosphere every second and heading towards the poles at 500 km/s to within a 100 km of the Earths surface to create the Auroras? Where does it then suddenly all go?
Ok, so probably most of us have heard hollow earth theories/tales, such as that of Admiral Byrd's adventures at the South Pole, UFOs flying in and out of the earth at the poles, etc. Also, there is the curious fact that civilians are not allowed to visit the poles even now, or even fly directly over them. One would think that by now it would be a popular thing, like climbing Mt Everest.
Personally I remain agnostic on the hollow earth stuff. Fun to think about, but I don't have enough evidence either way, and it may be one of those "one step too far" things.
But for a moment, let's posit that some variant of hollow earth is correct and there actually are openings at the poles. This then could allow all these protons from the Sun to enter unimpeded. problem solved?
Well, probably not because now we have to ask, if the earth is literally hollow, then why would adding new matter inside cause it to expand? Presumably the hollow interior would be filled with a gas of some type, and the openings would allow the gas to escape. also if there is a lot of gas escaping, shouldn't there be evidence of that? In order to blow up a balloon, one needs some kind of one-way valve mechanism. What could that mechanism be in this scenario?
so yeah... it doesn't seem likely. I'm kinda just having fun and sharing wild ideas.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sc ... arthquakes