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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/Sheril/statuses/113029693902187750">Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 05:21:50 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sheril" title="sheril@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/15426-48-20221101033912.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sheril Kirshenbaum" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sheril Kirshenbaum</a></section><article><p>Africa is bigger than China, the US, Eastern Europe &amp; India combined.</p><p>Since Earth is a sphere, flat maps dramatically distort the size of continents.</p><p>Source: Bryan Christie &amp; Kai Krause for Scientific American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharedPlanet" rel="tag">#SharedPlanet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" rel="tag">#science</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3573248#notice-7011236">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-27T05:21:50+09:00" title="Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 05:21:50 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/113029693902187750" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/113029693902187750">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3086952">A map of continents where India China, the US and others are laying over an outline of Africa.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/029/684/584/548/368/original/3bc5ac021ad008c3.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/029/684/584/548/368/original/3bc5ac021ad008c3.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 05:21:50 JST Sheril Kirshenbaum
Africa is bigger than China, the US, Eastern Europe & India combined.
Since Earth is a sphere, flat maps dramatically distort the size of continents.
Source: Bryan Christie & Kai Krause for Scientific American #SharedPlanet #science
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