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The Earth is growing!

Posted by core77.com's design blog in ARTS, BLOGROLL, CREATIVITY, DESIGN, INTERNET, MEDIA, VISUAL

This looks nutty, but actually makes sense.

Neal Adams (famed comic book artist) has long said the Pangaea theory–this notion that all of the continents were once joined together in a “supercontinent” hanging out on one side of the planet–makes no sense. The planet would be too imbalanced if all the landmass was on one side, and the water from the other side would rush towards the land, balancing it out.

Adams’ theory is that the Earth is growing, and that all of the continents were in fact connected–but in their present positions, because the planet was smaller! Check out the CG animation of what he’s talking about:

If this is true, it’s good news for you if you don’t like your neighbors; just wait a few millenia and their house will be farther away.

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