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Most of the surface is measured above the ocean. Also, he could just not be vaporizing the ocean like he would be scorching land.Plus, even if we discard the whole, "crust, or no crusts" arguments, Oceans are part of the earth's surface, and you can't "wipe out" oceans by scorching, so scorching is still out of the window.