Earth - Vivid Maps

January 24, 2021 Alex

Earth’s surface visualized

The Total Surface Area of our planet is about 509.6 million km² or 197 million mi². The land occupies only 29% of the Earth’s Surface (148.3 million km2 or 57.3 million mi²). The largest countries by surface area are Russia (3.35%), Canada (1.96%), China (1.88%), United States (1.87%), Brazil (1.67%), and Australia (1.51%). Together they occupy approximately 12.24% of the planet’s surface. 70% of the Earth’s total surface is covered with water (361. 7 million km² or 139. 7 million mi²).

The History Of The Earth From Formation To Present Day

January 11, 2020 Alex

The History Of The Earth From Formation To Present Day

The face of our planet is shifting continuously by geological processes. Splitting supercontinent Pangaea, these tectonic plates have arranged the planet’s surface into 7 continent landmasses and 5 oceans. Here is a visualization of the significant events on planet Earth through its four billion year history.

Earth Fictional Maps

May 18, 2019 Alex

Inverted world map

Frans Blok has created a detailed inverse map of the world, where the deepest spots in the ocean become the highest mountains and the highest mountains become the deepest part of the ocean.

Earth Interactive maps

June 27, 2017 Alex

Interactive Pangea map with international borders

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, fully assembled about 270 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago. In contrast to the present Earth and its distribution of continental mass, much of Pangea was in the southern hemisphere and surrounded by a super ocean, Panthalassa. Pangea was the most recent supercontinent to have existed and the first to be reconstructed by geologists.

Earth Geologic maps

May 21, 2017 Alex

The breakup of Pangaea

The breakup of Pangaea, a supercontinent that existed around 335 million years ago, is a significant event in Earth’s geological history. Pangaea began to break apart during the Mesozoic Era, forming the continents as we recognize them today. The process of breakup and continental drift occurred due to the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth’s surface.

3D maps Business Earth Slider

March 30, 2017 Alex