The One Minute Geographer: This Fragile Earth (1) Size of the Earth

This is the first in a series of posts about the Amazing Fragility of Our Earth — Thus Fragile Earth for short. Actually our earth is quite large compared to us tiny humans, and it initially looks like we are the fragile ones. So let’s look at the size of the earth first. The earth is huge actually — averaging about 24,880 miles in circumference. Let’s call it 25,000. Have you ever driven 500 miles in a day? (Was that fun?) Anyway, if you could drive the circumference of the earth at the Equator — ignoring oceans and impassable mountains, not to mention the lack of roads — just think: you’d be on the road for 50 days! <a href="https://jimwfonseca.medium.com/the-one-minute-geographer-this-fragile-earth-1-size-of-the-earth-889d8efbbb38">Website</a>