PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to History Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago"I'm told this is the custom in China"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down12
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minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 days agoBy knowing so much about world geography that you know Earth is a globe and going one direction long enough will take you right back to where you started, but knowing so little that you can’t imagine an entire other continent between here and there.
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoAnd an ocean so big that when you look at a globe with the Pacific Ocean facing you, the Earth looks like an ocean planet.
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoNever knew this but yeah, you can get this view in the maps app. That might be my favorite way to think of earth now
By knowing so much about world geography that you know Earth is a globe and going one direction long enough will take you right back to where you started, but knowing so little that you can’t imagine an entire other continent between here and there.
And an ocean so big that when you look at a globe with the Pacific Ocean facing you, the Earth looks like an ocean planet.
Never knew this but yeah, you can get this view in the maps app. That might be my favorite way to think of earth now
Wet side