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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by superplussed on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:53PM (#12572344)
Also, the animation over-dramatises what is happening and makes it look like Australia is going to slam into Papua New Guinea soon. That's just.. bizarre.
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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by goldfeld on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:01PM (#12572378)
Why? I think you'd see some earthquake or cresting of terrain when/if it two landmasses slowly but violently merge over years, but I wouldn't know.
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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by Retric on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:28PM (#12572503)
First the plate is what's moving not just the landmass. Second it's moving really slowly. They are showing something like a million years of motion, and it's in the wrong direction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Plate
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