I guess this means either (A) not many people know about this xkcd feature, or (B) no one sees this as an interesting map possibility. Just think: Ice Mayans! The Picts get to live on a tropical island!
Friday, September 7, 2012
Cassini
No one linked to this xkcd What If? article about an alternate Earth where the continents have been rotated 90 degrees with respect to the ecliptic, so that Antarctica is now on the equator.
I guess this means either (A) not many people know about this xkcd feature, or (B) no one sees this as an interesting map possibility. Just think: Ice Mayans! The Picts get to live on a tropical island!
I guess this means either (A) not many people know about this xkcd feature, or (B) no one sees this as an interesting map possibility. Just think: Ice Mayans! The Picts get to live on a tropical island!
I shared it on G+ when it came out...
ReplyDeleteI had NO CLUE that site existed. Thanks a lot. Now my productivity for today will be completely shot as I read about planetary bodies comprised entirely of moles.
ReplyDeleteMoles.
- Ark
They didn't rotate North America.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Cassini projection.
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ReplyDeleteI bookmarked it.
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