Border enthusiasts, you're going to love this! Have you heard of Baarle-Hertog in Belgium and Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands? This is the most complex international border in the world, a real-life puzzle. Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau are two municipalities that consist of a patchwork of enclaves and exclaves: 22 of them! …
The intricacies of microclimates fascinate me to no end—they're small-scale atmospheric zones that can differ significantly from their surrounding areas, even over very short distances. Let's dive deep into one specific example: Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). UHIs occur in metropolitan areas and are characterized by higher temperatures than their rural …
New to the whole geography and maps scene. I'm so confused by all these different map projections 🤯. Mercator, Gall-Peters, Winkel Tripel...how do you guys choose which one to use or trust? Seriously, why is this so complicated?
It’s hilarious to me that in 2023, despite all the so-called 'evidence', there are ppl who seriously can't see the Earth is as flat as a pancake. Wakey wakey, round earthers, ever heard of perspective?? 😂
Just curious, what's the longest flight y'all have ever been on? I just found out about Singapore to Newark, and that's like almost 19 hours 😱. Can't decide if I'd love or hate being on a plane that long. Anyone here actually done it?
okay so today I stumbled upon something called 'point Nemo' and OMG! It's like the furthest point from land in the world’s oceans. So isolated that sometimes the closest humans are astronauts in space. Mind-blowing right?!
Every time I see pics of fjords, I'm just blown away by how awesome our planet is. Seriously, how can you beat those epic cliffs and waterways? They're all like 'hey, I'm gonna just be stunning right here thanks to some casual glacier action...' I gotta know, has anyone seen …