The movement of the tectonic plates over millions of years

The movement of the tectonic plates over millions of years.

Filmed from a simulation at the Natural History Museum in Maastricht, Netherlands. You can move the globe to see different parts of the Earth at different times over millions of years by moving the outer disc.

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[Dracopol]

Awesome! But I don't understand where the image is coming from. Ceiling projectors fitted to work with a round surface?

[Bob Snel]

Yes it was a quite a complicated set up of projectors. The globe itself could be fully rotated in any direction. The part around the outside that you can see moving was in a horizontal position around the globe and could be rotated to move backwards or forwards in time. You could also rotate the globe at the same time to show different parts of the Earth. It was really clever and seemed quite advanced for such a small museum. I do not really know how they did it but it was, as you say, awesome.

[Dracopol]

I've seen this display elsewhere and it was in English, it's a travelling display.

[Bob Snel]

OK - maybe they just translated it into Dutch for this museum

[1stonestanding]

Billions of years I found a good web site for ancient maps to back up the 5 bill theory or more . click on my name and read more TY

[Bob Snel]

Thanks. I looked at your video of Ancient Maps. Very interesting.

[Hoschi0913]

that looks cool,guess the next oilfields will be made up of human remains not dinosaurs....lol

[Gen smith]

plz guyz asap! im dying to watch this flick!!!!!!

[NobodyWanKanobi]

OK then.I'm not saying this vid is right or wrong at all because I'm not sure about plate tectonics as I'm just a layman (as they say). But I'm just pretty interested in finding out where you're coming fm when you say 'wrong'.What part of it is wrong and why?

[Gen smith]

where can i purchase the movie?

[the3lionsonashirt]

wow ..ok i'm not talking about water or anything expanding when frozen ..but well done for working that out for yourself ...you might find out that scientists proved that long before your existance lol

anyway i was asking what kind of studys you carried out to prove the earth is expanding and contracting.?

[johnnytheprick]

ive frozen water into ice using a glass and plastic bottle and noticed that it indeed expanded without the addition of extra mass. the end result was major rupturing of the container although still intact.

would you like additional "actual" examples as opposed to "theoretical models"?

[the3lionsonashirt]

ok so they expand and contract ..i got you?

so what kind of studys have you carried out to prove this?

[johnnytheprick]

"...extra matter..."? who said anything about extra matter? does metal gain extra matter when its heated? does water gain extra matter when its frozen?

both expand without the addition of "matter".

[the3lionsonashirt]

if the earth is expanding where does the extra matter come from?

[Andy Sands]

I liked how Britain basically got destroyed about 3 times and reestablished itself