Picture of the Day

Posted in PICTURES       5 Jun 2013       7151       4 GALLERY VIEW

This map was created by Massimo Pietrobon and shows the countries of the world as they were thought to look in prehistoric times. This single, big continent was called Pangaea.

 

Click the green cross in the top right corner of the picture to see it full size.

Picture of the Day

Hip it if you like it!

 



Advertisement

Hip it
Leave it

Total number of votes: 47




4   Comments ?
2
1.
Fenrisulven 11 year s ago
Really cool! There are several mistakes of course. Most of them are done because things like coastal erosion, eustasy and isostasy have been ignored, and that's OK for the scope of this project. For example, the channel between Greenland and Norway was in reality the center of a large mountain range back then known as the Caledonian mountains. Ranging from the Svalbard islands in the north and also including the Appalachian mountains in North America.
This map shows in a nice way how today's continents broke apart back then but still fits together. One less forgiving mistake is the presence of Iceland which is a recent creation of volcanic activity from the time after the Pangaea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea
       
Reply
-1
2.
zuzzx78 11 year s ago
The largest puzzle in the world ... there's another little error, you put an extra "A" in PangEA ...
       
Reply
0
3.
einsib 11 year s ago
And I think Iceland was created in volcanic eruptions underneath the Atlantic ocean when the continents of America and Europe moved apart.
       
Reply
0
4.
gigantes 11 year s ago
hmm, looks real cozy... let's do it again, baby!
       
Reply
random avatar
27353641acute
belayclappingdance3dashdirol
drinksfoolgirl_craygirl_devilgirl_witch
goodgreenheartJC-LOLJC_doubledown
JC_OMG_signkisslaughingman_in_lmocking
mr47_04musicokroflsarcastic
sm_80tonguevishenka_33vomitwassat
yahooshoot
/*secupdate
Advertisement









Tags

animals, art, awesome, beauty, car, cat, cute, Daily gifdump, Daily picdump, demotivational, dog, facts, fail, fails, funny, funny photos, Funny picdump, funny pictures, gif, hilarious, humor, images, interesting, kids, lol, memes, Morning gifdump, Morning picdump, people, Photobomb, photos, picdump, pictures, prank, these, These funny animals, weird, win, wins, wtf
Advertisement





Advertisement

Archives

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
0000
Advertisement




How to comment

•    Don't insult other visitors. Offensive comments will be deleted without warning.

•    Comments are accepted in English only.

•    No swearing words in comments, otherwise such comments will be censored.

•    Your nickname and avatar are randomly selected. If you don't post comments for 7 days, they both are reset.

•    To choose another avatar, click the ‘Random avatar’ link.

random_banner_1