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ooMEAToo OP t1_j8ocuih wrote

Reply to comment by boones_farmer in Earth changing seasons. by ooMEAToo

Not a lot of land near Antarctica.

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boones_farmer t1_j8odzky wrote

Yeah, wow looked up the latitudes. Never realized how close North America and Europe really are to the North Pole relative to the southern portions of other continents. Crazy

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dlte24 t1_j8powt1 wrote

Probably because you're so used to the northern hemisphere taking up more space than the south on a lot of map projections (like Mercator).

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Asha108 t1_j8qp73p wrote

antarctica is pretty much just a bunch of mountain archipelagos

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awfulsome t1_j8rllh0 wrote

To give an idea, the southernmost tip of africa is 34.5 degrees south

The southernmost tip of South America is 55.9 degrees south.

The top of north america is 83.1 degrees north.

The top of europe is 71 degrees north.

Virtually all of alaska is more northern than this is southern

Canada doesn't even start til 41.6 degrees north. Maine goes 47 degrees north.

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Tomon2 t1_j8pbfy7 wrote

I mean, the gif shows it pretty clearly.

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