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During the most recent glacial maximum, it's believed that land bridges extended from the surfaces and connected several of the spheres together.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I actually kind of like this as a concept for showing the world!

[–] chtk@feddit.nl 59 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I like how the globe for Australia keeps the trend of not including New Zealand going.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, NZ would be its own globe because it's a separate country.

But the Australia globe is potentially missing Tasmania.

[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is it its own continent? Because each sphere is a continent.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Doesn't it have to be if it's an island? I feel pretty stupid right now lol

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ha, I missed that! 😁

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

so did the cartographer