Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future

Name: Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
Uploaded: 2021-04-09T12:57:07
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Description: A time-lapse representation of Earth changing through geologic time, from the late Proterozoic Eon (c. 650 million years ago) to the projected period of Pangea Proxima (c. 250 million years from now).

A time-lapse representation of Earth changing through geologic time, from the late Proterozoic Eon (c. 650 million years ago) to the projected period of Pangea Proxima (c. 250 million years from now).

Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington

Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
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