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The Marshall Islands look like somebody gave up building a racetrack in a game (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by whaleross@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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https://www.google.se/maps/@7.1174499,171.462829,10.98z/

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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

pretty awesome that it shows the underwater terrain beneath the atolls as well, and you're right, they both look like awesome tracks to drive

[–] Feliberto@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't the Marshall Island got nuked a couple of decades ago?

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the Bikini Atoll was a testing ground for nukes, but that's not the reason they are strangely hollow outlines of islands.

As far as I understand it, it's because there were islands formed from underwater volcanic eruptions, but over time the inner islands sunk and eroded away and what makes up the island today are actually the surfaced parts of the once surrounding coral reef.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

I think I made this I Halo Reach forge mode...