microrobert
06-01-2013, 03:52 PM
Here's what Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders (http://io9.com/heres-what-pangea-looks-like-mapped-with-modern-politi-509812695)
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pe7jsnefwlcjpg/k-bigpic.jpg
Pretty wild, right? It's a map of Pangea — a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago — mapped with contemporary geopolitical borders.
What you see here is an anachronistic mashup — a modern map, complete with geological features that did not exist 300-million years ago, with its various parts relocated to the general position they would have occupied before Pangea began rifting apart some 200-million years ago. It's a view of the supercontinent not often seen, and a mind-bending way of relating to the world on a geological time scale. [Hi-res (http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pefyttaq6i1jpg/original.jpg)]
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pefyttaq6i1jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg
Here's what Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders (http://io9.com/heres-what-pangea-looks-like-mapped-with-modern-politi-509812695)
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pe7jsnefwlcjpg/k-bigpic.jpg
Pretty wild, right? It's a map of Pangea — a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago — mapped with contemporary geopolitical borders.
What you see here is an anachronistic mashup — a modern map, complete with geological features that did not exist 300-million years ago, with its various parts relocated to the general position they would have occupied before Pangea began rifting apart some 200-million years ago. It's a view of the supercontinent not often seen, and a mind-bending way of relating to the world on a geological time scale. [Hi-res (http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pefyttaq6i1jpg/original.jpg)]
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pefyttaq6i1jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg
Here's what Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders (http://io9.com/heres-what-pangea-looks-like-mapped-with-modern-politi-509812695)