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And South America and Africa were still quite close together.. the Pacific is even bigger than it is now. Literally a whole half side of the planet filled with

And South America and Africa were still quite close together.. the Pacific is even bigger than it is now. Literally a whole half side of the planet filled with water

yesenadam 5y ago
> Literally a whole half side of the planet filled with water It still looks like that today! A host of images showing it: https://www.google.com/search?q=view+of+earth+pacific+ocean&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=view+of+earth+pacific+ocean&...
- robga 5y ago
  The “Water Hemisphere” is 89% water. The “Land Hemisphere” is 85% land. The location [0] may be a little surprising. The shared view above is deceptive due to the land at the edges. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_water_hemispheres#/media/File%3AHemisphere_water.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_water_hemispheres#/...
  - yesenadam 5y ago
    > The “Land Hemisphere” is 85% land. Interesting. Not sure where you got that 85% figure though: >> even in the land hemisphere, the water area still slightly exceeds the land area (with 53 percent water to 47 percent land)
    - robga 5y ago
      You’re right. Thanks for the clarification. 85% of Earth’s land is in the Land hemisphere.