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[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Remember that it is always half of Earth that gets sunlight. This illustrates how much of the Pacific is missing in this projection.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There isn't any of the Pacific missing in this projection...you can see right where it starts at the Bering Strait and ends in the exact same place. If this map were centered on the Pacific it would probably seem larger, but there's none missing.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bro what you still think the Pacific is a real thing and not a random area invented by the government to have the world map look more satisfying

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. Have people never seen that part of the Pacific? Don't just fly over it. Get out and touch dirt.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam 5 points 6 months ago

Pssh, spoken like a true sheep. I bet you think birds are real too.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

It's warped, not missing. Just like the resized continents are all there in full, just incorrect (relative) sizes.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

during a solar eclipse less than half of the Earth is lit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

obligatory your mum climbs a ladder joke

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

But on 4/20 more than half of the Earth is lit so it balances out