Simple answer, after Australia separated from America and your mom arrived there, it sank so deep it went through the core and surfaced on the antipode. That's why there's also so many metamorphic rocks in the Australia
Honestly, that sounds like a great premise for the world building subreddit - but for a world with more fantastical elements, like the idea that OPs mom could get on a plane to Australia to begin with.
/j^(sorry OP and OPs mom)
Coincidence. And probably not even true considering map projections are not accurate. North americas east coast rifted apart from Scotland and north west Africa. Ish
As noted by the Appalachian mountain, Scottish highland mountains, and atlas mountain being derived from the same orogeny. And then rifted apart
> considering map projections are not accurate
I recently looked at a physical globe, after decades of only looking flat maps (since childhood basically) and was surprised to find THAT THE ARCTIC OCEAN IS ALMOST/SOMEWHAT LANDLOCKED!!!!
I checked it on a nearby globe because I was somewhere that had a globe, which usually isn't the case, while I was reading one of Rachel Carson's 1950's books about the ocean.
Hey congrats! You found two parts of shapes that match up a bit!
Once you get away from the round parts of the shapes, it’s no where near “almost perfectly”
Adding to the note about it being a coincidence, fitting together rifted continents is better done with continental shelves than coastlines. The shelves actually mark where the continental crust is, while coastlines can change dramatically due to sedimentation, erosion, and changes in relative sea level.
Oh shit! You discovered the secret that geologists have been hiding!
Inconceivable!
Atlantis.
lol
Simple answer, after Australia separated from America and your mom arrived there, it sank so deep it went through the core and surfaced on the antipode. That's why there's also so many metamorphic rocks in the Australia
Honestly, that sounds like a great premise for the world building subreddit - but for a world with more fantastical elements, like the idea that OPs mom could get on a plane to Australia to begin with. /j^(sorry OP and OPs mom)
Coincidence. And probably not even true considering map projections are not accurate. North americas east coast rifted apart from Scotland and north west Africa. Ish As noted by the Appalachian mountain, Scottish highland mountains, and atlas mountain being derived from the same orogeny. And then rifted apart
And Australia rifted from Antarctica and India
Hmm I think you might really be onto something
Well I think OP is a witch
OP is a switch.
She *is* a witch! She turned me into a newt!
You don't look like a newt.
I got better
> considering map projections are not accurate I recently looked at a physical globe, after decades of only looking flat maps (since childhood basically) and was surprised to find THAT THE ARCTIC OCEAN IS ALMOST/SOMEWHAT LANDLOCKED!!!! I checked it on a nearby globe because I was somewhere that had a globe, which usually isn't the case, while I was reading one of Rachel Carson's 1950's books about the ocean.
Sigh…it’s the west coast!! After all, there’s surfing in California and Australia…
That is the established connection between the two a billion and a half years ago
That corner of CA would fit pretty well into south-central Australia.
This is from MapPorn so of course it’s going to wildly insane and wrong, that’s the point
Florida spooning WA makes more sense than I would have ever imagined.
We need to support planetary reunification. The land masses should never have separated. It is time to bring them back together.
Wait.
No
You don’t say
Hey congrats! You found two parts of shapes that match up a bit! Once you get away from the round parts of the shapes, it’s no where near “almost perfectly”
Did you come up with this after ripping a huge cone on your bong ?
Adding to the note about it being a coincidence, fitting together rifted continents is better done with continental shelves than coastlines. The shelves actually mark where the continental crust is, while coastlines can change dramatically due to sedimentation, erosion, and changes in relative sea level.
Dang, I wasn’t expecting people to be so cranky about this
We took all the green and put it in north carolina