The Picard ManeuverM to Cartography [email protected]English • 5 months agoProof that the earth isn't flatlemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1748
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minus-squarekersplooshlinkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoIt is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoOh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoWell, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoBut, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.
It is. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in OP’s picture as a ribbon of lighter blue.
Oh, I thought this was meant to be photorealistic minus clouds.
Well, it is, in that deeper water usually looks darker than shallow water
But, at the depths mostly involved, you would not see it. It’s all near-bottomless. It’s only meant to convey information evocatively.