The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 14 hours agoProof that the earth isn't flatlemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down117
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minus-squarekersplooshAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 hours agoIt is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoOh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoBut, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWell, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water
It is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
Oh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
But, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.
Well, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water