The Picard ManeuverM to Cartography [email protected]English • 14 hours agoProof that the earth isn't flatimagemessage-square53arrow-up1611arrow-down118
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minus-squarekersplooshlinkfedilinkEnglish11•11 hours agoIt is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
minus-square@ceenotelinkEnglish1•10 hours agoOh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 hours agoBut, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 hours agoWell, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water
I always thought it was to show depth.
It is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
Oh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
But, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.
Well, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water