@thebrainmaze: 350 Million Years of Continental Drift - We created this breathtaking simulation to show how Earth’s continents moved over the last 350 million years, transforming the planet into the world we know today. You can watch ancient landmasses split apart, oceans open and close, and continents slowly travel across the globe. You can clearly see major collisions where landmasses merge together, including the tectonic events that formed the Himalayas as India collided with Eurasia, and the European Alps as Africa and surrounding plates converged with Europe. The simulation reveals just how dramatically Earth’s surface has changed through deep time, with continents constantly separating, rotating, colliding, and reshaping the planet. Data and scientific sources: Continental positions and movement: Merdith et al. (2021), “Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic,” Earth-Science Reviews, 214, 103477. Modern land imagery: NASA Earth Observatory, Blue Marble: Next Generation, July 2004, with topographic shading. Credit: Reto Stöckli/NASA. Geological period boundaries: International Commission on Stratigraphy, International Chronostratigraphic Chart, December 2024.

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