29 thoughts on “Purposeful Distortion”

  1. SPOILER!

    Isn’t it an M.C. Escher-esque depiction of the world map in which the oceans are secretly identical to the continents, but upside-down?

  2. Also, if you click on the image, it will take you to another blog, which has the explanation written down explicitly, so no guessing is necessary. 🙂

  3. John Sanders Walls

    As a geography major heading towards meteorology, these maps fascinate me! The artistry is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

  4. Symmetry:)

    You have to look at the land masses in relation to the water?:)

    P.s.(edited to say now after reading comments)….made above comment without reading the comments or googling.

  5. It’s pretty good exercise trying to turn the map upside and observe the clever design when you’ve still got your auto-rotate on, on your tablet display!

  6. This is great! Thank you, Sig. Faiella and Dr. Carroll!

    (But I don’t believe that one needs to turn the map upside down in order to have a fair shot at discovering its secret.)

  7. The continents and oceans are the same shapes, inverted. The Atlantic Ocean, for example, is an upside-down South America.

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