#continents and oceans

[presswoodterryryan]

🌍 Crumb Maps & Planet Puddles: Alice Explores the WHOLE WORLD (Kind Of)

By Alice (and Mr. Fluffernutter, Global Snack Navigator) HELLOOOOOOOOO my globe-twirling jellybeans!! 📺💫 Guess what?! Big Sister Ariel just wrote the WORLD’S MOST GIGANTICAL paper all about continents, oceans, mountains, and those fun squiggly land things called landforms. I read the whole thing! (Okay, Mr. Fluffernutter read it while I rolled around in a blanket fort, but I totally listened…

[travelmanposts]

Great Ocean Road, Australia: The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast, and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction. The Great Ocean Road starts at Torquay and runs westward to finish at Allansford, near Warrnambool. Wikipedia.

[northameicanblog]

Paradise Island, Bahamas: Experience the beauty of a cruise ship docked in Paradise Island, Bahamas... Paradise Island is an island in The Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island, with an area of 277 hectares, is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence. It is best known for the sprawling resort Atlantis with its extensive water park rides, pools, beach, restaurants, walk-in aquarium and casinos. Wikipedia

[swan2swan]

That's the promise we make, every day we get.

[cobraonthecob]

bryke were so threatened by zutara shippers that in legend of korra, they not only put jesus and the twelve disciples, but also judas and a megachurch congregation between the two just to prevent zutara shippers from shipping zutara more

unfortunately that badly backfired because everyone was like 'why in the ever loving FUCK was katara not at her granddaughter's air mastery ceremony but zuko was' and we all proceeded to flip off canon before continuing to have fun in the fandom out of spite

[manessha545]

Geography of Peru, South America: Peru's three prominent topographical bands are Costa (In Yellow color), Sierra (In Coffee color), and Amazonia (In Green color). The Costa, located on the coast, is arid. The Sierra encompasses the Andes Mountains, and the Amazonia includes the rainforest and wetlands of the Amazon Basin.. Peru has 25 administrative regions and 196 provinces within them... Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. Peru shares land borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, with its longest land border shared with Brazil. Wikipedia

[serpentface]

i know u havent posted about them for a while but did archen gunsmithing get nerfed too? seems like those lil guys have taken nothing but Ls in this current iteration

Yeah it got semi-nerfed but not COMPLETELY nerfed.

Where it's at now is more like they have independently developed gunpowder much earlier and have some explosive devices, but not firearms.

The single biggest threat to archin is vulnerability to much larger predators- a single archin's death doesn't ultimately harm a unit or colony consciousness, but a singular archin IS substantially more important to a colony's survival than a singular non-sapient ant, so devising anti-predatory techniques that limit casualties (rather than the ant-typical strategy of SWARM BITE STING) would be likely. In addition to very advanced and fortified nest building strategies, this is accomplished in domestication of much larger animals for above-ground protection (probably deriving from earlier symbiotic relationships), then possibly experimentation with poisons (especially in that certain natural substances can give off toxic fumes when burnt). A formula for gunpowder could have been discovered in that context (fumes from burnt saltpeter might have already been used as a repellent).

They are very involved in managing land at large scales (and lighting/spreading fires for controlled burns is very hard when you are a collective of inch long bugs), so it would have first been used to start and spread fires. Then used for killing very large animals for food (probably first in the form of strategic fires, then as bombs). Then more refined/more explosive forms could be used in Ant Warfare to produce incendiary devices (mainly to bust open fortified nests or kill en-masse with fire). So like their gunpowder weaponry is closer to dynamite than anything else.

Them having Gun's was kind of a vestigial remnant of them formerly being 2ft tall anthropomorphic bees and like, it would just be an absolutely colossal stretch with their current morphology (as pheromone-based 'hive consciousness' inch-long but otherwise normal ants) for them to develop or see any need for anything resembling a firearm. The way I translated it to their new design was more like "how can I keep the ant guns" rather than "what would sapient ants use as weaponry against larger animals and what natural (or at least Believable) stages of development would bring this about", and I try to use the latter approach as much as possible.

I honestly don't see this as a downgrade though like 'ants with guns' has a wackiness factor I guess but taking the sapient ant collective premise more seriously is a lot more interesting to me.

[little-piece-of-tamlin]

when ur a pedantic worldbuilder to the point where u make a mockup globe to put ur continents on bc u hate the proportion warping of flat maps

[famousinuniverse]

Wake Island, Japanese Bunker, Pacific Ocean: Wake Island is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon. The nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Marshall Islands, located 592 miles to the southeast. The island had little development until 1935, when Pan American Airways constructed an airfield and hotel to serve as a waypoint for trans-Pacific flying boats. Japan seized the island at the outset of World War II in December 1941; it remained under Japanese occupation until the end of the war in September 1945. Wikipedia

[oceaniastuff]

To-Sua Ocean Trench, Lotofaga, Samoa: To-Sua Ocean Trench is a stunning natural swimming hole located in the village of Lotofaga in Samoa. This unique geological formation is essentially a giant sinkhole, surrounded by lush greenery and connected to the ocean through an underwater cave system... . Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu island in Samoa. Wikipedia

[travelmanposts]

Landmarks of Great Ocean Road, Australia: The Great Ocean Road is one of Australia’s most popular road trips. The winding coastal drive goes for 243 km from Torquay to Allansford along the southwest coast of Victoria. Famous Great Ocean Road is every bit the coastal adventure from Cape Otway Lightstation, Loch Ard Gorge, London Bridge, Tom & Eva to The Bakers Oven etc... The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford. Wikipedia

[dream-world-universe]

Crystal Pool, Norfolk Island, Australia: The Crystal Pool is truly a beautiful spot and for the adventurous is definitely worth a visit. But the spot is isolated and the track down from the road is steep and muddy. Crystal Pool is a beautiful site... Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia. Its capital is Kingston. Wikipedia

[irhabiya]

"my friends over at the mukhabarat will get your parents, they want a picture of you ... they'll rip out their nails one by one"

i was gonna say something but actually i'd rather not risk it i'll leave it up to your imagination

[manessha545]

Praia do Aventureiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: It is a trendy beach on social networks because of its coconut tree, but it also has a sea of surreal color and delicious for swimming. There is the option to dive from the pier where the boats dock. If you're on the beach, buy the banana cocada from the girl who sits on the sand selling it, because it's very good... Ilha Grande is a forested island located around 12 km (7.5 mi) off of the Atlantic coast of Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wikipedia

[herebecritters]

Some mapping WIPS of the Isles. Just need to put in some railroad lines and possibly main roads. Maybe clarify the different biomes a little more. The drawings of temples and buildings are NOT to scale. They just serve as visual markers.

But here ya go in case anyone wanted a rough idea of the layout of the Isles. Little worldbuilding nugget for y’all to chew on

[ask-thearchivists]

Earth is a terrestrial planet, despite 70% of it's surface being covered in water. It has a molten iron core, and has existed for about 4.5 billion years. It's the third planet out from it's star (a yellow dwarf).

The Cartologist: Oooh, interesting, is there more?

The Cartologist: Oh, is that what the song about cheese comes from?

The Coordinator: Yes, mortal planets that have had life for a long time do tend to experience multiple extinction events, which is one of the reasons it is important we tend to our duties.