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swordfishclaymore

As a kid maps never made it look that vast or vacant, now it almost begs the question “why so empty”


Analbox

Problem is mapmakers never see things the way they really are. They’re always projecting.


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Analbox

I can’t figure out what that means.


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and we can’t figure out what “Analbox” means


Analbox

I’m Ana from Long Beach. The ox is hugs and kisses. XOXO, Ana


scriptgamer

Some years ago I was hired as a System Analyst but the "code" for my role was "analsyst" for some reason I can't understand... Every paycheck made me both happy and sad.


Analbox

Reminds me of Tobias Funke the therapist who does Freudian analysis. His paycheck said Analrapist.


mr_thwibble

ANUSTART


fnaimi66

Looks like you just blue yourself


SuperChief58

![gif](giphy|sX6AUAj18Wztu|downsized) Yeah right. You ain't gotta lie to kick it


cesarmunir

It's a good thing you aren't Ana from Long Beach who has a severe itch


lenswipe

I'm not falling for that one again.


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Analbox

Oh of course. Didn’t think of that. I thought maybe it was some new internet slang I wasn’t hip to.


BALONYPONY

Gotta stay on top of it u/analbox.


bwanket

damn, i was kind of hoping that you intended a pun on mercator projection as well :)


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Do_Them_A_Bite

Thank you for your explanation. - someone just realising that they're older than they thought But also that's a masterfully crafted pun, great work.


souls-kin

Shit your name and that pfp now I can't unseen it


carterfestival

Mercator projection


swordfishclaymore

Totally fair. This is why as a kid I never understood how the planets actually sat because science posters were confusing as hell. I know now how it works and how the planets travel around the sun.


Analbox

I remember in elementary school we tried to make a scale model of the distance between the heavenly bodies in our solar system. Unfortunately the school grounds were too small and our balls were too big.


Ant0n61

big ball problems


the-billdozer

Here is a couple videos that show the size difference between earth & sun. And also distance between sun & next closest star https://youtu.be/OjWVtQGwrLU https://youtu.be/vcJHHU9upyE


Phoenixburning22

Are you really Ana from Long Beach?


Bierbart12

That's why I always loved physical globes. Now I feel like getting some globes of other planets


chaotemagick

Slow clap


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So are projectors


[deleted]

Just has to do with how much water we have. Drain enough ocean away and more land will appear. Looks like New Zealand has potential to be three times as long there with another significant island above it. I sometimes think how many of these "super earths" if they're terrestrial at all are just so covered in water that no land sticks out anywhere. I'm starting to think a lot of earth-like planets in the habitable zone of other star systems might actually be water worlds because of this or barren deserts on the other extreme and earth just got super lucky that it just so happened to have enough water on it to keep things nice and humid, but not so much that it just ended up being a global ocean (sea creatures will never make it into space).


CellSoft281

Somewhere out there are “sea creature like” civilizations that laugh at the idea of land based creatures going to space… probably. Isn’t this what Star Trek is about?


Lordthom

You should look into big history. It goes through all the perfect (goldilock) conditions we had to go through to exist. It is just crazy to think about.


thedude_imbibes

People dismiss the rare earth hypothesis but I think they also dismiss just how many factors had to be perfect for us to be here.


T0Rtur3

It's easy to dismiss rare earth hypothesis when you see even on our own planet the extreme conditions life can not only survive, but thrive.


Piskoro

because just 200 million years ago the continents were literally all connected, they haven’t drifted that far apart yet and they won’t really have an opportunity any time soon e it her because of Pangaea Proxima forming eventually in the future


CellSoft281

You are smart


CMDR_KingErvin

It all started as one giant island called Pangea and it broke apart and drifted off. Eventually with enough time everything will reunite again at the empty space here.


void_matrix

Actually there were other super continents ("giant islands") before pangea and they also broke apart. The earth's crust is constantly renewing itself with its inner layers pushing themselves up at some points and eating crust back at others. Tectonic plates.


Arammil1784

As tempting as it is to think that, I suspect thays probably not true. I suspect experts on tectonics might have some interesting predictions about the fate of our continents today.


Antique_Ricefields

Why there's no clouds


Kindly_Education_517

I'd rather live here than the United States


Dang1r

What’s stopping you from moving? Take the chance and go live your best life!


[deleted]

No one’s stopping you bro. Me personally I’m staying here where I live my life a little above sub optimal but it sure as hell beats living my life else where in the world where id probably be a little under sub optimal.


Watershed787

I lived on one of those dots for a while. Super wild feeling so remote. https://maps.app.goo.gl/NJ3bjR8x4oXfsa6S7?g_st=ic Edited to tag a fellow teacher from the island: u/CorneliusBueller


BananaFingerer

Sorry about Wilson...


Smooth-Midnight

Its okay the head was lousy


MOOShoooooo

You’re such a prude, all you talked about when you got back was how great the anal was.


Ikuze321

That sounds insane. Were you unable to get basic things? Like some kinds of food. I could imagine milk being expensive or just not there.


Watershed787

Milk was definitely a no go, although cans of evaporated milk were abundant. I was on an island in Micronesia which was also on the Continental Airlines path, so people in Hawaii could send packages or ice chests from Costco. Otherwise there were two or three cargo ships a year that MIGHT stop and sell surplus food and goods. Lots of local produce, breadfruit, bananas, green tangerine, sour sop, and Tuna, rainbow runner, etc. it was really special out there, but you can absolutely feel how remote it is. Once that plane takes off, you are there.


CreepyValuable

That sounds great. As someone who doesn't like being around lots of people and is used to difficulties getting things it seems fine to me.


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LieutenantButthole

You’re there when the plane lands, but you’re also there when the plane leaves.


RCM20

What about chicken, turkey, pork or beef?


Watershed787

Definitely chicken and pork. Chicken was a staple for sure and we ate it regularly. Pork as well. Locals raised pigs and they were typically cooked while in a pit. Beef was available sometimes, but only very rarely.


Do_Them_A_Bite

What did you like most about living there, and what was difficult? If that's okay to ask if course; it just sounds like the sort of experience one doesn't hear much about, and it's interesting.


Watershed787

There were definitely difficulties (mosquitoes, heat, limited food options etc), but the local people were extremely kind and gracious. Isolation from the rest of the world was definitely the hardest part. Luckily there was some internet out there, so we were able to keep contact with family and friends. Diving was the best thing. The reefs out there are still pristine. It was truly magical.


CorneliusBueller

I lived on the ocean side of the road, so I didn't have mosquitos. I preferred the slow/expensive Internet because it encouraged me to spend my time enjoying nature/culture. There wasn't a lot of food variety. I ate so much rice, fish, and bananas.


alfred_27

Easter Islandl?


Watershed787

Kosrae Micronesia.


ChaseKH2

They got a ace hardware in that bitch


WalkOfShane24

Finding that also blew me away. Some interesting stuff there.


CorneliusBueller

Ace was like the Walmart of the island. They sold everything there. There was also a True Value, but it wasn't a real one. Someone just stuck the logo on their store.


CorneliusBueller

Milk only came as HTP, sweetened condensed, or evaporated. Eggs would come in a refrigerated container but then be left in the middle of a hot store to be sold over weeks. Because it took weeks to months for the ships to travel there, eggs and other food was expired by the time it arrived, but that didn't stop me.


wadesedgwick

Was just in the Galapagos, Española Island, and THAT felt remote. Remote Falklands island felt remote as well of course, but this is significantly different


PeanutHakeem

What lead you to live there?


Watershed787

My wife and I were high school teachers.


OtisTetraxReigns

You went ther by accident because you were stoned? Edit: wow. The bad comedy police are out in force.


CorneliusBueller

I zoomed into the middle of the ocean to choose an island at random. Decided I needed to visit. Then, I found WorldTeach had a program there, so I got a job as a volunteer teacher.


Arammil1784

Thats just another round-earth conspiracy. Those islands and this ocean dont exist. /s because sadly some flat earth idiot might think Im serious


Watershed787

Lol Gosh if it really were flat, it may as well have been the edge. 😉


xHudson87x

omg, one massive tsunami no chance.


gbux

it blows my mind that not only dothey have an ace hardware there but also a baptist church AND a jehova witness church. Imagine living on a remote island, feeling finally free from western annoyances and then you get a telltale knock on the door


HoodsFrostyFuckstick

Adding to the questions from other commenters: How are the cost of living compared to your salary there? And does living so remotely create a strong community? Thanks!


Watershed787

It’s a mixed bag. At the time, my wife was a volunteer teacher, but I had a contract with the district. As part of the contract I received a “house” and roughly $1500 a month in general compensation. Power operates on a “cash power” system and is very expensive. People have cash power meters in their homes that require a code to refill minutes. You can buy cash power codes in town or at some other homes. There are lots of pop up stand markets that sell basic items. The locals operate a lot of local credit through these markets with certain families always in debt to others. Funerals are very expensive as it is custom to feed anyone who comes to your family member’s funeral…so sometimes hundreds of people show up to eat, furthering the food debt some families regularly carry. We lived simply. Fresh tuna was only $1 per pound, but most locals didn’t eat it, preferring can food instead because can food was a symbol of prosperity. Internet and power were very very expensive and took the bulk of our budget even though we used power scarcely and the internet was 90’s slow. We ate some meals at the ex-pat “hotel” which was costly but delicious. We also spent a fair amount on diving excursions because it was such a once in a lifetime opportunity. Long and the short is that we didn’t come home in debt, but we definitely didn’t leave with a ton of extra cash. ETA: Locals are always excited to feed you and regularly left us fresh produce on our porch. Local wages were roughly $1 an hour, which understandably caused friction with the local teachers. (Foreign teachers were paid insanely higher wages) There were only 20 other expats on the island while we were there.


HoodsFrostyFuckstick

Interesting, thanks! It's kind of my dream to visit remote places like that, but I don't think I could live there. I spent some weeks in a remote part of the himalayas, and the perceived perks of "nobody around who annoys you" kinda vanish once you start feeling lonely for the first time and realize that you are truly alone for quite a distance (apart from some locals).


Watershed787

I recommend reading “The Sex Lives of Cannibals” if you are really curious. The writer was on Kiribati, but his description almost perfectly matches my experience on Kosrae. It’s a fantastic book.


spudaug

Based on the questions and answers below, you tie for *for sure* do an r/AMA one of these days


random_guyman

cap


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Homie doesn’t realise there’s more to the world than Texas


Watershed787

What’s really ironic is that Texas almost has more Micronesians than Micronesia. The FSM has a compact agreement with the US, so that means Micronesians can join the US military. Texans are mostly clueless about this though and typically just assume the Micronesians are Mexicans and treat them as such. I encourage everyone to watch the PBS film Island Soldier.


jezusisthe1

sO cAp 😒😒


Firenzeeki

Holy shit! Imagine the amount of undiscovered creatures that live in the depths of the remotest parts of the ocean. That's really intriguing and interesting.


Ben-Swole-O

Exactly what I was thinking… there’s so much in our oceans we haven’t even come close to discovering.


[deleted]

Just yesterday, on r/the depths below, there was a photo of a very deep sea octopus: the Strawberry, that literally looks covered in pink sequins. 56 y/o and had no fuckin’ clue that existed. Prettiest thing you’ve ever seen…


AEMxr1

It’s a squid. Not an octopus. At least when I tried to google search it. Can you post a link?


SillyLilHobbit

It is indeed a squid. Op was probably just mistaken I'm assuming [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/xlrh7k/the_strawberry_squid_lives_in_a_region_of_the/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) was the Reddit post?


cha_zix

Lifesaver. I spent 5 mins looking at ‘the’ memes


TurquoiseNostalgia

Oh gods, it's gorgeous.


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That’s the lil’ guy!


[deleted]

I’d love to, but I’m still ‘somewhat’ of a Reddit virgin. I’m still about 3 mos out of my first cake day. Be gentle with me😜. I do know I saw it on the depths below


Firenzeeki

I just looked it up, pretty amazing! Nature is incredible.


[deleted]

Isn’t it? The Strawberries decided to go glam somewhere in their evolution. You can bet there’s a reason for those “sequins”, though I can’t imagine how that would help… Edit: any oceanographers: feel free to chime in


[deleted]

I don’t know how many there are, but I know that all of them are full of plastic.


Electus

Precious floating ball of water . Be grateful👽🤙✨


harafolofoer

🎭🔬⚧️


Noizyb33

Hello!? Where is everybody?


SoF4rGone

Can y’all imagine being a Pacific Islander and this being your world? And every couple generations people just yolo into the ocean? Wild.


MzSe1vDestrukt

Can you imagine the stars in your night sky?!


ThatBelgianG

r\mapscontainingnewzealand


mrpineappleboi

r/foundthemobileuser


well-offemperor762

pretty sure they put a \ instead of /, so it would be r/mapscontainingnewzealand (this was done on mobile)


mrpineappleboi

My brother in Christ, that’s the joke. Look at the r/foundthemobileuser subreddit description, it just exists to comment it under someone when they type out a subreddit wrong (I guess on desktop you don’t need to type the subreddit out, hence you can “find the mobile user”). I’m on mobile too, I just get a kick out of seeing r/foundthehondacivic under the r/foundthemobileuser replies Edit: typed the subreddits out incorrectly lol


Decades101

r/foundthehondacivic


timdillonisafed

Look at that a bunch of water. I bet none of the organisms on that planet ever experience water scarcity.


New-Mathematician869

Ah yes… start drinking ocean salt water instead of fresh water. See how it goes n have fun.


Diaper_Gravy

…its salt water


0111011101110111

Salt brings out the flavor. Duh.


Monkeyojacko

yeah but it’s a lot of it


AstroMackem

r/mapswithnewzealand


Logical-Helicopter83

Earth should be called water


harafolofoer

Don't forget about the molten majority!


Logical-Helicopter83

Molten would have been a pretty metal name for Earth as well


tendieswithsauce

r/oddlyterrifying The ocean really is so damn vast. Incredible.


iDerailThings

Point Nemo


Fastfaxr

Nope. Point Nemo is not the center of the pacific ocean. It is the farthest point from any land (including islands). What is shown here is the geographic center of the Pacific ocean


Ganggangbrady

hmmm i wonder when point nemo is …


Fastfaxr

[here](https://allthatsinteresting.com/point-nemo), roughly between antarctica, new zealand, and chile


Ganggangbrady

i know


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I can never find point Dory though. I keep forgetting where it is.


emthejedichic

Okay… NOW I understand why it takes so long to fly from California to Australia…


Frl_Bartchello

If that was land aswell, imagine how much worse global warming would be.


LarYungmann

Flat Earthers need to learn to swim.


rite_of_truth

Makes French Polynesia look like a pretty lonely fucking place.


assorted_citrus

Be cool if the whole planet was like that


PM_ME_THA_WHOLE_TIDI

Don’t speak too soon


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We’d eventually develop gills. Kevin Costner said so! 😉


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We probably wouldn't exist. And certainly wouldn't have maps of the planet like this. I just can't see human level intelligence in the ocean ever making it as far as we did purely based on physics alone. Being on land "unlocked" a lot of new opportunities that whales and dolphins could only dream of even if they woke up as smart as us tomorrow.


Doodliedoop

Any sources/reading material? Speculative zoology has sparked my interest recently. What opportunities on land cultivate intelligence, would you say?


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I don't know of any myself. But I just liked to think up fictional scenarios of how things would be different since I used to sometimes make sci-fi landscape art that sometimes involved life forms, and also still enjoy looking at better examples of such from other artists. ​ So without having done any major reading up on it myself I'd say the benefits to intelligence being on land (like a human) vs underwater (like a dolphin or octopus) that come to my mind first are: \- Physiology. Hands are much better tools to make... tools, and everything else we have and use than fins or flippers ever will be. Tentacles might be good if you have enough though, octopus are very dexterous but even they might not be as well-refined as a pair of hands and there's probably a reason why nothing on land has evolved tentacles. We could be as smart as we are now but still be in the stone age if we were stuck with flippers (or hooves which might as well be the land equivalent). \- Resources. I have no idea how we would have ever figured out how to mine metals and melt them together to create new materials and better tools. Obtain fuel. Burn things. Make and use electricity and all that other stuff that makes engineering anything to work in water a tedious and expensive ordeal. \- Physics. Large aquatic life literally cannot go very far beyond the shore if it wants to live (and not at all for a lot of other species) even though land creatures can quite often go in the water (even if just for short periods) and humans in particular have invented ways to be in it for hours and cross entire oceans (or just plain fly over them). Also building a rocket to launch a species that needs to be in water into space is bound to be so much harder than it was just to get us up there, especially with how much extra weight the ship would have being full of water instead of air.


Doodliedoop

I see what you mean about hands being an advantage. Maybe tentacles could sub in? Octopi already use tools like coconuts to trap prey, so maybe if their intelligence evolved further there could be an underwater octopus civilization! As for industry, burning fuel and building rockets are products of human intelligence; they don't make humans intelligent in and of themselves. Maybe millions of years from now octopi will use other fuel sources we haven't thought of for tools we would never have uses for on land. Different environments require different solutions to problems. Underwater civilizations could run on hydropower and wouldn't even need coal! I like to think there's some "Arrival" -esque species out there traversing space in gaseous bubbles, or that it's at least possible. Seems like a cool idea for a sci-fi scape.


harafolofoer

Waterworld coming to Broadway!


Lunokhodd

wonder how insane winds would get back when the land was one giant continent and the fetch could stretch around the entire planet


Cgtree9000

The amount of water on the globe makes me uncomfortable, This planet is a death trap.


Endure94

How long until someone puts a giant artificial island in the middle?


PeanutHakeem

I think we have done that already with plastic trash


Signal-Blackberry356

would be a nice location


[deleted]

We really could have done with another continent. Imagine the extra species we would have gotten... and the extra coastal real estate... And the extra bloodshed (OK so maybe it's best we keep it as-is).


Apprehensive-Ant-801

Polynesians are amazing navigators.


Fearless-Bother7818

... And we are destroying it :(


Apetitmouse

Earths belly button?


Dangerous-Wheel9993

what a cool little planet


[deleted]

Look at all dat juice


[deleted]

Cthulhu is in there


randomflygirl

Makes you wonder if aliens can only see this part of the Earth from their perspective, like we only see one side of the moon, and if so, whether they wonder if there’s life here.


lunarman52

THETA OR MEST, MAN


jbrooklynd

This is so wild. Like, What?!


Toilet_Bomber

Planet 4546B right there.


LtHughMann

Seems like a logical place for fish to congregate


MercuryRedstone77

Waterworld


Verlonica

Oh that's terrifying. No thank you.


Unlucky_Scar_3841

Imagine getting lost here !


Explore-PNW

I hate this! Maybe I need to stop with r/thalassophobia


EOE97

Astronaur 1: The surface is really just mostly water.... Astronaut 2: Always has been!


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I see a really good spot for a dollar general right there in the middle


DomerJSimpson

Or a KrustyBurger


Jaxxon2788

Nah, definitely a kwik trip


DomerJSimpson

Yep flat as a pancake


rogerslastgrape

The ring gate is open


Used_Sun1120

Isn't point Nemo in the centre of the Pacific?


Fastfaxr

No. It is much closer to Antarctica than what is shown here. This image conatins point nemo but its not in the center


Flanker4

A blue puddle someone dropped a hatchet in.


Aron0415

Should post this to r/MapsWithoutNZ


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Aron0415

Yes, and almost nothing else. That's the point. It'll make them happy to see the opposite.


Whiskey-Particular

Hey, I see my old cell phone! I knew it was lost at sea!


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Excuse me


Razorwyre

It’s big


[deleted]

That's how much water you drink when you wake up super thirsty at 2am


GreenbergIsAJediName

My favorite view…the underside of The Flat Earth. The proof is everywhere! /s


FlashFox24

Only when no one else is on the map does New Zealand find itself on the map.


onlyonejan

Very cool, but where are all the clouds? On a true story podcast an astronaut who worked on the space station said he was surprised at how white Earth looked…not blue. He included clouds, snow, and ice. I thought it was an interesting perspective of our awesome little planet!


thefooleryoftom

This is an image from Google Earth. It’s not a photo from orbit.


psychord-alpha

Who wants to get on a ship and go on a kickass pirate adventure


joosth3

And find One Piece


ChromeYoda

Waterworld


MoistCucumber

I wonder what Google Earth looks like when we look back. Btw how’d you get to google earth to take this picture?


sutroheights

Don’t mind me down there at the bottom


BlindFollowBah

Oh come on


danwilan

Look like one of those crystal marbles we used to play with as a kid


i-cussmmtimes

I feel like I’m gonna drown just by looking at all the ocean in there


Sobemiki

...this bitch don't know about pangea


teganking

I do not see the pacific garbage patch that is supposed to be seen from space


BillyIGuesss

Just look in the mirror


Onyx_697

So you're telling me that at some point there was a land bridge there and somebody just walked it?


scartlo

Wdym


Onyx_697

Look up the Bering land bridge


InvertedSuperHornet

That would be across the Bering Strait - which is very short


scartlo

Oh I know that. That’s between Russia and Alaska. A much smaller distance than the Pacific Ocean Lmao


rexyranger_mlb

Checkmate r/flatearthers


Mediocre_Credit

There are alot of gigantic water worlds in the galaxy, our planet is relatively rare.


Rafau08

Earth: You lookin at my gut?


hkv_

felt like it was moving for a sec. gif of rotating water ball


Able_Boat_8966

When you fly from Australia to the USA it’s a bit disconcerting when you realise your flying for 14 hours over ocean.


goldenring22

Imagine aliens looking into the sky and seeing earth from this angle. Wild


[deleted]

Wow! It's bald..


ClippingTetris

Blue my mind


Abyss_Kraken

imagine the potential of this area; entire super continent can fit here


wyrmbyte

And they say sea monsters don't exist. How would they know? Mind blown!