Maybe it would be like a jungle. A jungle mountain. That would be cool.

Who drew that?

XP I did. I'm flattered.

Wow... Boy, that's a ponder'r. I think if you were up there, and had an air tank, it would feel like you were both hot and cold. Hot, because you were directly in the path of the sun's undiluted radiation, and cold, because..well... you were on top of the world's tallest mountain.

Say, the part of you that was in the pat of the sun's rays would be incredibly, if not unbearably hot, and the part of you that was shaded would be nearly frozen.

But, hey, i'm no physicist, so I could be wrong.

EDIT:just looked that up. Turns out that Mt. killaminjaro (I'm sure I messed that up) is very near the equater, and is, infact, snowcapped. But, then again, it's not nearly as tall as everest, so...

So...if it's even taller than Kilamanjaro, it'd still be snow-capped.

Question answered.

-KIE

So...if it's even taller than Kilamanjaro, it'd still be snow-capped.

 

Question answered.

 

-KIE

Yes, but if it's as tall as he was saying, where you're barely still within the atmosphear, a lot of radiation would get there undiluted.

If you started going through the thermosphere at that magnitude, then obviously the atmosphere as a whole would be layered differently.

In short, the rules would be different, and more than likely, if it were high enough that it'd be hot instead of cold, well, you'd be gravitationally, and maybe even physically, interfering with the moon's orbit.

-KIE

Actually it would btake a while but at the suumit there would surely be ice year round if it were tall enough.

Cool picture. i like the surreal style and stuff and how the two places blend and the use of color.

I suppose KIE gave the most reasonable answer. So yeah, a mountain even taller than Everest and situated smack dab on the Equator would still have a snowcap, as strange as it would seem. (There are a few African mountains that do have snow and ice at the summit.) The atmosphere simply becomes too thin to conserve the solar energy, and the sunlight by itself can't melt ice effectively enough - otherwise we'd have a thaw every time the sun came out during winter. And if the sunlight would be strong enough, it'd be too intense for any life to survive above ground.

On another note, that's an amazing drawing you've got there! Technically speaking, this is almost a masterpiece. There are barely any contours, all the various shapes are defined through their shading and highlights. The colour range is surreptiously complex; you've blended a great many different colours yet it looks almost monochromatic. The scenery is awash with the strong dual theme of red and blue, but the clothes of the two humans catch the light naturally, the actual colours of the fabrics showing through. The poetic feel is wonderful; it's like a midsummer night, sun and moon meeting in the sky above as the couple meets on the earth beneath. Two mortal beings caught in a moment of pure magic.

Needless to say, I really like it. I'm rather intrigued by the fact that the woman is on the sun's side and the man is on the moon's side; it's usually the other way around. Dare I ask how long it took to make?

/Tuan

Awesome pic, Lyg.

Woman: Oh, the dawning sun! How romantic!

Man: Oh, a full moon on a clear night! How romantic!

XD

Yeah, I sorta figured the atmosphere would win over the radiation...

But what if there was a mountain that was on average elevated at 80 degrees? Like, the entire thing. So it could be very tall without being incredibly massive... 'twould be odd to have a ring of snow around the middle and a very warm top... then again, it may well still be too massive or be such an anomaly that the gravitational field is disrupted anyway...

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a mountain tall enough that with one good measured leap you could reach the moon? That would mess up the orbits of Earth and the moon so much, but still...

The picture was based off a scene from a book that's symbolic and whatnot. If you analyze it generally it turns out that the guy would be best suited as the moon and the girl best suited as the sun.

Guess the book and win a cookie! That's virtual! And has... a bite in it...

... and doesn't really exist.

Offer not elligible for those who already know.