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November 19, 2014

#1449: Red Rover explain

Red Rover

[Two maps of Earth at different points in continental formation, one above the other.]

[In the top map (roughly -165 Ma) the two largest continents are labeled:]

Laurasia

Gondwana

[A speech bubble is shown next to Laurasia.]

Laurasia: Red Rover, Red Rover, send India over!

[The bottom map (roughly -130 Ma, but with India at -60) show the land mass that would become India moving, with motion lines, toward Laurasia.]

[Below the maps:]

How the Himalayas formed