New Earth Map
Or, at least, it's supposed to be. I imagined this tying in with the Splinters and such. What would happen if they appeared five miles underground? Millions of tons of magma would be displaced over the course of fifty years or so, causing dramatic disturbances in the mantle. Plates would be thrown off their routes, volcanic activity would rise, and the heat would melt the ice caps, leaving a few large glaciers left.
So, here's where the world stands now.
The Atlantic is the largest ocean on Earth now. The Pacific only separates Eurasia and the Americas by a few hundred miles. Antarctica is now slightly below the Indian ocean, and Australia has burst through southeast Asia. Africa has closed the gap to the Mediterranean sea, thirsting it into a massive desert. Worst of, in North America, the San Andreas plate has delved into the North American Plate, heightening the Rockies and setting off Yellowstone.
It's a brave new world...
Rendered in Photoshop, Satellite images courtesy of NASA
with an ice free antarctica and a modest greenland ice cap, it doesn't look like you have made enough allowance for sea level change.
ReplyDeleteFair enough. I have learned a lot about geology and climate science since then, so maybe this one could be up for a remake?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the bright yellow spot on what looks like Minnesota, USA?
ReplyDeleteThat was intended to be the future location of the hotspot that formed Yellowstone, currently in an active state. Again, though, I made this map when I was trying to be an edgy teenager, and now I know that the new caldera wouldn't really look like that (or probably even make it that far across the continent.)
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