#earth history

[mapsontheweb]

The Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Scottish Highlands and Scandinavian Mountains were all once part of the same "Pangea Central Mountain Range" millions of years ago before Earth's continents split.

[trainwrecksys]

Huh? Oh nothing I’m just thinking about how at one point it rained nonstop for millions of years and now we have the ocean

[notsimroart]

So I've spent the past week obsessing over the Vredefort Dome in South Africa; a remnant of the world's largest confirmed impact structure.

It was created by a ~10 mile wide asteroid ~2 billion years ago. The rocks uplifted at the centre of the crater (which was almost 200 miles across) are therefore extremely old and resilient to weathering, today represented by an arc of hills to the south west of Johannesburg.

Here is what the dome may have looked like during the Triassic Period. Essentially similar to today, but a bit taller. The south western portion and centre of the dome may have already been eroded away by then, since today those parts are overlain by the Permian aged Ecca Group (part of the Karoo Supergroup).

[eddieintheocean]

Feel free to try and decipher this

This is 2 hours (ish) of studying for like 2 weeks worth of content I'm going insane

[tornadoquest]

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[artinclined-jointheartside]

I just imagine the Isles learning of Greek and Roman and other mythology gods and being very alarmed and confused

You know? I feel like that depends entirely on which group of people are looking at which mythos, lol

I figure the witches consider themselves more "civilized" compared to the other folk of the Isles, so they might be more horrified at some of them perhaps. But the demon-folk are probably only certain levels of confused and potentially just from a practical standpoint.

No matter what, curiosity is probably in overabundance for the lot of them, especially knowing the age. (headcanon incoming) I figure truly ancient historical records are hard to come by because of the chaotic nature of the Isles, making it hard to keep hold of documents or keep them in good condition. So a lot of what they have regarding the way back times is oral history and tall tales. Seeing such well preserved history going back thousands of years is probably mindblowing!

Very interesting thoughts!

[professor-dumbledope]

Scientists say it's "almost certain" that debris from the Chicxulub asteroid that led to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs can be found on the moon.

[aku-crochet]

This is a pambdelurion! It’s a prehistoric creature that existed in the Cambrian period of the earths history! This was a challenging pattern testing for @katyasyarnbois and I’m glad i succeeded! 💕it’s definitely worth checking out if you like a challenge or want to make something unique!

🍄 Pattern Credits: @katyasyarnbois on Instagram!

[canirim]

god I miss trilobites

[mapsontheweb]

Map of the nations of the world in 250 million years from now

[velozee]

Nautilus - my favorite Cephalopoda

[et11obsessions]

[teachanarchy]

What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell

[blueskittlesart]

i hope everyone in nintendo’s management department dies and goes to hell no matter what and i’m not kidding

[booksinpiles]

[starbear36768]

hey this video basically explains all 5 mass extinction events that have happened throughout the history of the earth, and ends with a good message about climate change. I cried through the whole end.

https://youtu.be/uxTO2w0fbB4?si=I0wlIKnQojc1iqUC