Ancient Earth Globe: see what the world looked like from space in the age of the dinosaurs

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Today’s maps found on the interwebs.

The Ancient Earth Globe is an interactive 3D globe that depics the Earth at various points in geological history from 750m years ago until now. Here it is 300m years ago. Late Carboniferous. Plants developed root systems that allowed them to grow larger and move inland.

Found at https://boingboing.net/2018/08/06/ancient-earth-globe-see-what.html

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