I... what? What point are you trying to make here?
If you're approaching the earth at the right angle (which is a really wide angle) you'd think you were closing in on an oceanic planet. The pacific ocean is terrifyingly massive, and the earth isn't very far away from qualifying as an oceanic planet. When you think about it, the earth is still pretty close to being a pangea, The two main landmasses (the americas and afro eurasia) are still relatively close to eachother.
I... what? What point are you trying to make here?
My read is that the OP was noting that the Earth is an ocean-world by most practical outlooks if you focus on the right area. And that the planet we're on in-game being an 'ocean planet' may not necessarily preclude there being large dry land continents.
I don't know if this is part of the people who wanted to see more dry land segments in DLC or a sequel, might be unrelated. All I can say is that honestly I HOPE there's not a sequel that takes place on one of the dry continents. I kinda like Subnautica being just about the oceans. Because to me the appeal of the Mountain Island and the Floater Island aren't the life forms on the land, it's the plot kernels there (the Degassi survivor base and the Precursor gun)
If you're approaching the earth at the right angle (which is a really wide angle) you'd think you were closing in on an oceanic planet. The pacific ocean is terrifyingly massive, and the earth isn't very far away from qualifying as an oceanic planet. When you think about it, the earth is still pretty close to being a pangea, The two main landmasses (the americas and afro eurasia) are still relatively close to eachother.
My read is that the OP was noting that the Earth is an ocean-world by most practical outlooks if you focus on the right area. And that the planet we're on in-game being an 'ocean planet' may not necessarily preclude there being large dry land continents.
These comments remind me of a VSauce video that Michael made recently, focusing on fixed points. He talks about how points on charts, graphs and numbers always have a fixed point property. But the focus of the video is at this point in time here when he talks about the Borsuk-Ulum Theorem. It states that at any given time on Earth, there must be two equally opposing points on the globe (called "antipodes") that share the same temperature and atmospheric pressure. What does all that mean in regards to an oceanic planet?
Vsauce: "But at this moment in history, you'll notice that most points on land are antipodal to water. Which makes sense, the Earth's surface is mainly covered with water. But even though we know that, we don't always appreciate just how gigantic the Pacific Ocean is... It's really more of a 'water hemisphere'. The Pacific Ocean is so large, in fact, it contains its own antipodes. Meaning there are places in the Pacific ocean where you could float, and know that even if you dug a hole straight down through the center of the Earth and emerged on the other side... you would still be in the Pacific Ocean."
It makes swimming around in the Void just as terrifying as it would be in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean... no land to be found, just meters and meters of aquatic nothingness...
I don't know if this is part of the people who wanted to see more dry land segments in DLC or a sequel, might be unrelated. All I can say is that honestly I HOPE there's not a sequel that takes place on one of the dry continents. I kinda like Subnautica being just about the oceans.
Nah, I wouldn't want a land based sequel at all. That'd be boring as hell. I was just checking out the new google earth and noticed that the pacific ocean covers an entire side of the planet so well that if you're looking at the right angle, you don't see any land larger than tiny islands whatsoever.
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Is he furry-eel
Water is wet?
How mane molecules do you need for that
How many piles of sand make a desert? Or how many trees makes a forest
soon to be a heck of a lot more.
If you're approaching the earth at the right angle (which is a really wide angle) you'd think you were closing in on an oceanic planet. The pacific ocean is terrifyingly massive, and the earth isn't very far away from qualifying as an oceanic planet. When you think about it, the earth is still pretty close to being a pangea, The two main landmasses (the americas and afro eurasia) are still relatively close to eachother.
My read is that the OP was noting that the Earth is an ocean-world by most practical outlooks if you focus on the right area. And that the planet we're on in-game being an 'ocean planet' may not necessarily preclude there being large dry land continents.
I don't know if this is part of the people who wanted to see more dry land segments in DLC or a sequel, might be unrelated. All I can say is that honestly I HOPE there's not a sequel that takes place on one of the dry continents. I kinda like Subnautica being just about the oceans. Because to me the appeal of the Mountain Island and the Floater Island aren't the life forms on the land, it's the plot kernels there (the Degassi survivor base and the Precursor gun)
These comments remind me of a VSauce video that Michael made recently, focusing on fixed points. He talks about how points on charts, graphs and numbers always have a fixed point property. But the focus of the video is at this point in time here when he talks about the Borsuk-Ulum Theorem. It states that at any given time on Earth, there must be two equally opposing points on the globe (called "antipodes") that share the same temperature and atmospheric pressure. What does all that mean in regards to an oceanic planet?
Vsauce: "But at this moment in history, you'll notice that most points on land are antipodal to water. Which makes sense, the Earth's surface is mainly covered with water. But even though we know that, we don't always appreciate just how gigantic the Pacific Ocean is... It's really more of a 'water hemisphere'. The Pacific Ocean is so large, in fact, it contains its own antipodes. Meaning there are places in the Pacific ocean where you could float, and know that even if you dug a hole straight down through the center of the Earth and emerged on the other side... you would still be in the Pacific Ocean."
It makes swimming around in the Void just as terrifying as it would be in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean... no land to be found, just meters and meters of aquatic nothingness...
Nah, I wouldn't want a land based sequel at all. That'd be boring as hell. I was just checking out the new google earth and noticed that the pacific ocean covers an entire side of the planet so well that if you're looking at the right angle, you don't see any land larger than tiny islands whatsoever.
That thing is insane; it's huge, it's full of things that wanna eat your face...