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MineralMan

(150,745 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:42 PM 7 hrs ago

Getting a True Picture of Greenland

Here is a graphic that superimposes the accurate size of continents and some countries on top of the standard Mercator projection we're all used to seeing. You'll recognize Greenland and the Nations of North America, etc. on the map. The colored areas are the actual proportional sizes, as they appear on a globe. Trump is way confused by all of this. He thinks Greenland is HYUOOGE.

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Getting a True Picture of Greenland (Original Post) MineralMan 7 hrs ago OP

the mercator projection is a good way to look at it rampartd 6 hrs ago #1

rampartd

(4,007 posts)

1. the mercator projection is a good way to look at it

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:26 PM

6 hrs ago

but greenland , and iceland, are essential territories on a risk board.

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