Dry World

[blood_pardon]

This is Earth without its oceans.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

A) No. It's not.

B) Okay? So?

 

[aMarshall]

Oh did all the water fall off? I don't watch any news so I wouldn't know.

 

[RigelKentaurusA]

What is the altitude exaggeration for that model?

 

[Master_Ghost_Knight]

It is completly out of proportion, but still yeah... ok.

 

[borrofburi]

B) Okay? So?

My guess is that he thought it was cool.

 

[Master_Ghost_Knight]

It is cool, but it creeps me out not being accurate. Gives a false impression. But yeah, still cool.

 

[scalyblue]

reminded me of this

 

[RigelKentaurusA]

It is cool, but it creeps me out not being accurate. Gives a false impression. But yeah, still cool.

It's obviously inaccurate, in much the same way a political map is inaccurate, there are no lines dividing nations on the ground. That's not the point of it, however. The exaggerated elevation map projected onto a sphere highlights the non-spheracity of the Earth, just like a political map highlights the boundaries of nations.

 

[nasher168]

I've seen such a map before on a table made of plastic. Totally exaggerated of course, but quite cool to look at.
Of course, if we're going to be pernickity (sp?) about heights, then this map is probably more accurate:

...but it doesn't really look quite as cool.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

That image seems to assume that a dry Earth would have a similar coloration to the planet Mars.

Do we know if this is justified? I'm genuinely curious.

I mean, there are obvious other problems with the image (what with the tropical forests still being there and the like), but I assume that is probably just because removing and re-texturing those areas would be far too troublesome.

Not that any of these pics aren't awesome, btw.