r/BeAmazed • u/MobileAerie9918 • 5d ago
Nature Antartica’s terrifying vastness as viewed from space
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u/Gimmethejooce 5d ago
The terrifying vastness in the background wasn’t enough I guess
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u/Resident_Rise5915 4d ago
Oh don’t worry it’s just infinite nothingness so large the human brain can’t comprehend.
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u/quickalowzrx 5d ago
it kind of looks strange, like theres two layers or something
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u/DropC2095 5d ago
Antarctica is a continent. There’s land underneath the middle of that. The rest is ice.
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u/Lyuseefur 5d ago
A giant piece of it broke off and is floating free. That piece is larger than some states and countries.
And there’s still this massive heat sink still there.
We need this heat sink. Without it, we are extinct.
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u/whoreoscopic 5d ago
I mean, not extinct. A much smaller population (which the period leading to that will be awful to put it lightly). Earth in its history has not had ice caps like this before (not denying climate change or our hand in it), and things were fine.
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u/icedarkmatter 5d ago
Yeah but things also changed much slower. It’s part of the problem that change comes this fast. Plus we do accelerate that problem because while it’s getting warmer and warmer we use more and more energy to do stuff like air conditioning.
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u/Saotik 5d ago
We're cockroaches, and there are very few circumstances that are likely to lead to complete extinction of our species any time soon.
Total collapse of our civilisation, though? That's possible.
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u/ryhaltswhiskey 5d ago
things were fine
At one point, Earth was essentially a big snowball, and things were "fine", just not so fine if you were a human who wanted to be alive
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u/whoreoscopic 5d ago
People are ever resourceful. I'm not saying everyone is going to make it (I sure as hell won't), nor that it will be a good time in any way, shape, or form. People found ways to survive in the harshest environments, even before modern-day tech.
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u/ryhaltswhiskey 5d ago
Global warming has the potential to wipe out our species. No one knows if it will, but why take the risk?
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u/Spran02 5d ago
Isn't the problem mostly just mass flooding if the poles were to melt away? I mean Earth is gonna be fine, it's us humans and animals that will die
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u/whoreoscopic 5d ago
There are several epochs in earths history of "mass dieings," I'm not saying it's going to be a good time, even in my initial statement. It may indeed even be the end of our time, but the ball will keep moving. Life will find a way in the millions of years after us.
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u/Medical_Opposite_727 5d ago edited 5d ago
We need this heat sink. Without it, we are extinct.
This is like one of those lines that could plausibly be an Eminem line.
Methinks, we need this heat sink, delete this and we're extinct.
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u/futurelaker88 5d ago edited 5d ago
He thinks we have heat syncs.
She thinks he has cheat links.
Methinks they all ex-tinct
To the rythm of a sick-beat kink
Whether you red, blue or or hot pinksies
You can skate on my ice - rinksies
Don’t give a f*ck if we die or we sinksies
It’s the same thing and same time - jinxies
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u/quickalowzrx 5d ago
that makes sense, i guess i never imagined that much of it to be underwater let alone visible from space. maybe im misunderstanding though
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u/FomBBK 5d ago
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u/Safe-Temperature9015 5d ago
This is stunning. Is there more data like this after 2017? The timeline is starting at a point where it looks to be in ice completely or cold anyways and by 2017 it looks like there is a massive change. Makes me wonder what has happened in the 8 years of difference.
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u/KvasirsBlod 5d ago
And that continent is rich in geographical features like mountain ranges, canyons, plains... It would have its own lakes and bays in-between.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-what-antarctica-would-look-like-with-no-ice
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u/Slade_Riprock 5d ago
It's also 700 miles wider than the continental US and 900 miles larger north to south
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u/Special-Market749 5d ago
A lot of the ice is seasonal and floating in the ocean. It pushes out and then recedes back every year. By the time you reach the land most of that ice is permanent, it doesn't melt away in the summer. Its also thousands of feet thick
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u/DanielRagnarson 5d ago
Exactly, everything goes in waves and cycles. It's a chaotic but balanced system.
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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 5d ago
The white part is where the land is. Grayish part is frozen sea ice surrounding it
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u/eat_my_yarmulke 5d ago
It looks like that because this is not a photograph, but rather an educational computer rendering showing how far the ice shelf can extend from the continent itself. The sun will never hit Antarctica at that angle.
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u/ethereal3xp 5d ago
Why is it terrifying vastness?
Its not terrifying....its cool
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u/cyberya3 5d ago
cool year round
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u/vandrokash 5d ago
I dont know why but i read your comment in the voice of that dude from Rick and Morty selling real fake doors
Come get fake doors cool year round dont even think about it
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u/mrjowei 5d ago
It’s cold as hell and generally lifeless.
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u/Alternative_Fox3674 5d ago
It’s lonely out in space ….
Ever consider that we’re literally in space yet consider it something ‘out there’?
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u/No_Fig5982 5d ago
Crazy thing is that it really isnt that cold all things considered.
Life just had a little range it can live
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u/MobileAerie9918 5d ago
Note : Antarctica has about 25,400,000 cubic kilometers of ice (6,090,000 cubic miles). This is 60% of all the freshwater and 90% of all the ice on earth.
If all the Antarctic ice melted it would raise the average sea level by about 70 m (230 feet) worldwide. This would change the map of the world as we know it as all coastlines would flood including the loss of all coastal cities in the world. Florida would disappear entirely along with most of Denmark, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, and many small island nations, some lower lying countries such as the UK and Uruguay would lose a significant proportion of their land area. Australia would gain a large inland sea.
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u/BnaCat45443 5d ago
It’s crazy to think how many densely populated areas would just vanish. Even inland places like Paris and Berlin would be at risk due to rising rivers and flooding.
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u/precogcrimewave 5d ago
I was about to comment that my city might be fine as it was right on the sea in this map, but a big river runs through it that has flooded already so itll likely become sea anyway
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u/JasonGD1982 5d ago
Is there a map somewhere I can see what it would look lik? Google ain't helping me. I can't figure out how to word it.
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u/Something_Else_2112 5d ago
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u/Nanashi-74 5d ago
And after that this guy named Roger would hide his treasure and we would all go look for it
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u/Serious_Shopping_262 5d ago
Interesting. I bet Australia would have it the worst. Their population lives entirely on the coast, which means they would be forced to move to the outback
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u/Vimana_CL 5d ago edited 5d ago
Why this image has to look so fake? I mean, I'm not a flat earther at all but even Space Engine (a space simulator software) makes it better on terms of feel of scale, more natural lightning, clouds and so on... Can we at least agree that this is not an actual photograph taken from a camera floating in space?
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u/Sharp- 5d ago
Last time the photo was posted, it was claimed to have been a CG render using composite images from satellites, or something. Though I couldn't confirm that. I'm on my phone and can't find proof of that though.
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u/KrispyKremeDiet20 5d ago
I wouldn't be surprised if that's true. I thought that there weren't any satellites in position to get a photo like this... Idk, I haven't ever actually looked into it so maybe there is and this is just the first I'm hearing of it.
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u/PM_me_ur_bag_of_weed 5d ago
You're not wrong. This is just likely a composite as it is impossible for all of Antarctica to be in the sunlight at the same time.
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u/Dimos1963 5d ago
That lack of soft shadows and the overly crisp edges of continents or ice can make it look almost CGI-like.
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u/Groot8902 5d ago
Definitely not a real photograph. The Earth in this photo lacks an atmosphere if you look closely.
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u/BasedKetamineApe 5d ago
It's a composite photo taken by actual cameras in space. Because Antarctica is literally at the south pole a good chunk of it and the rest of the southern hemisphere would be in the dark at all times even in summer. So in order to see all of it, you have to take multiple pictures of all the parts who are in daylight and stitch them together. While you do this, you also only use the parts that aren't covered by clouds. This isn't supposed to be a realistic depiction, as you can tell by the fact that the sun doesn't shine directly at the south pole. It's an image to show you the scale of the continent. It's like a panorama image on your phone, just more complex and with more time delay.
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u/macklebee1 5d ago
Is that part of the ice wall that surrounds the edges of the flat earth model? Or is that where the giant space turtle that holds the earth up lives?🤔🧐
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u/JasonGD1982 5d ago
Its where all the Mandela things like Sinbad being a genie and fruit of the loom underwear having a cornucopia in it are hidden and removed from the world and Nelson Mandela is dead
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u/Double-Cricket-7067 5d ago
seriously? nobody's talking about the picture is fake.
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u/Capable-Ebb364 5d ago
I thought its ice in a beautiful ceramic bowl, it took me good 5 seconds to look at caption then back to picture then back to caption and then understand🥴
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u/Alternative_Metal375 5d ago
It’s actually comforting to know there’s still a place on earth humans haven’t totally ruined.
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u/NovelRelationship830 5d ago
Nice try, 'science' sheep. There is no Antarctica. It's a giant wall of ice surrounding our FLAT Earth. Do your research like I did!*
\And because I probably have to add it: /s)
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u/IronJohnnyT 5d ago
Yeah . I’m not buying it, that’s where the elites suck human blood / aliens / hitler is located.
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u/TheyCallHimJimbo 5d ago
Where's all the space debris?
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u/showtheledgercoward 5d ago
Or atmosphere…
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u/TheyCallHimJimbo 5d ago
Yeah and where are all the penguins for that matter! This is some bullshit!
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u/FSpursy 5d ago
Post about something:
Some people: Let's be political about China
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u/Total-Confusion-9198 5d ago
Imagine Aliens looking at Antartica be like, "these earthling idiots are not even smart enough to figure out a way to fight extreme cold and lack of sunlight", "it ain't fun to play with these ants"
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u/NYdude777 5d ago
The land mass under Antarctica is 2 times the size of Australia. Lots of secrets hiding down there.
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u/Frequent_Act4262 5d ago
Yeah i fish around antarctica and have navigated along ice shelfes there, its fucking huge.
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u/Witty-C 5d ago
The outer space is literally right there, which I could argue it’s infinitely more terrifying than the Antarctica
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u/bernpfenn 5d ago
People all over the Universe agree reading the hitchhiker's guide through the Galaxy will remove the terrifying from your mind and replace it with awe
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u/OhYourFuckingGod 5d ago
And more often than not, there's some Scandinavian teenager walking across just for fun.
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u/Head_Wasabi7359 5d ago
You can I.agine if Antarctica was equatorial it would be the centre of the world with "south" America leading to it (or from it)
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u/Salty-barber-nz 5d ago
How is it in full sunlight when it never actually sees full sunlight like this picture?
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u/Ochanachos 5d ago
When you see nature now, remember it used to be bigger before. You see thousands of animals in a herd, they number in the millions before.
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u/bmwlocoAirCooled 5d ago
Worked at McMurdo, Palmer and South Pole Stations. Sailed from the US to New Zealand to Antarctica and around it too.
Yup, it's a big old icy continent.
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u/theOthman 5d ago
Lol, and you think we allllllll fit in the rest of this sphere. So sad that how we’ve beeen manipulated (including me) by schools, tvs, government . Proportion and dimensions are so fake in this cgi
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u/stickybond009 5d ago
Sell this land parcel to a bunch of real estate builders for affordable luxury homes township project .. /s.
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u/valtvortex 4d ago
Nasa is fake believe me this is image of a marbel you can find rest explanation in x or twitter and once u seen it there documentary u won't believe truth...trust me just give atleast a try u will see other side of a coin....🤫
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u/The_Lonely_Optimist 3d ago
Why don’t we just gather up a group of people. Take a boat over there. Plant a flag down, and start our own nation or something? Thats a lot of wasted, land.
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