Earth in 250 Mil. Years

[Jokerswild]

Supposedly this is what the earth will look like in 250 million years.

APOD: 2007 September 22 - Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years

[frostybrad]

wow thats wild.... glad I wont be around to see it!!

[insomnia]

lol I don't thinks so..

look at this

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[frostybrad]

Neat.. glad im not going to be around to see it..

[Telexen]

I watched about 60 seconds of that video linked to and already there are about 4 things factually incorrect about it. Continents don't "drift about" ...they're land, tectonic plates shift and force land to move because of it. Continents don't fit together perfectly, when they collide, mountains form between these pieces of land.

[Dr. V]

Originally Posted by Telexen

I watched about 60 seconds of that video linked to and already there are about 4 things factually incorrect about it. Continents don't "drift about" ...they're land, tectonic plates shift and force land to move because of it. Continents don't fit together perfectly, when they collide, mountains form between these pieces of land.

The thing is at one point all the continents DID fit together perfectly, forming Pangaea - which was said in the initial article.

Now, 250 million years later, the continents are definitely different. However, closely looking at/studying the current shape of the continents, we get very good evidence that it in fact is very possible for them to have all been conjoined at one point. It's inevitable for it to happen again - continents DO move around all the time. It simply won't be until another few million years that anyone literally notices anything.

This would be interesting. I guess when I'm 250,000,000+ years old I'll be watching from the heavens.

[Telexen]

Originally Posted by ST!X

The thing is at one point all the continents DID fit together perfectly, forming Pangaea - which was said in the initial article.

Now, 250 million years later, the continents are definitely different. However, closely looking at/studying the current shape of the continents, we get very good evidence that it in fact is very possible for them to have all been conjoined at one point. It's inevitable for it to happen again - continents DO move around all the time. It simply won't be until another few million years that anyone literally notices anything.

This would be interesting. I guess when I'm 250,000,000+ years old I'll be watching from the heavens.

I wasn't commenting on the article. I was commenting on the video that claimed they're not moving, but that the Earth is growing. It claims they only fit together before because the Earth was so small there was no room for it not to.

[Dr. V]

Originally Posted by Telexen

I wasn't commenting on the article. I was commenting on the video that claimed they're not moving, but that the Earth is growing. It claims they only fit together before because the Earth was so small there was no room for it not to.

Oh that's definitely not true - and I agree completely. I was just giving some extra explanation.

[insomnia]

Originally Posted by Telexen

I watched about 60 seconds of that video linked to and already there are about 4 things factually incorrect about it. Continents don't "drift about" ...they're land, tectonic plates shift and force land to move because of it. Continents don't fit together perfectly, when they collide, mountains form between these pieces of land.

Well you only watched 60 sec of it and your forming that kind of opinion about it? I suggest you watch the whole thing before you make comments that are formed without watching the whole video.

Also let me just state that it wasn't my intention to cause any heat around this topic. I was just sharing some information I had been presented with and in this case I personally believe it could be true.

[Telexen]

Originally Posted by insomnia

Well you only watched 60 sec of it and your forming that kind of opinion about it? I suggest you watch the whole thing before you make comments that are formed without watching the whole video.

Also let me just state that it wasn't my intention to cause any heat around this topic. I was just sharing some information I had been presented with and in this case I personally believe it could be true.

I am allowed to form an opinion about it when their argument against the recognized theory is actually not even close to the recognized theory. If I can't trust them not to distort facts (which they did), how can I trust them elsewhere?