jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThese undersea tunnels connect remote islands halfway between Iceland and Scotland (Faroe Islands)www.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down14
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkThese undersea tunnels connect remote islands halfway between Iceland and Scotland (Faroe Islands)www.cnn.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square11111one11111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoFuck me that is so cool looking. It looks like a geographical negative of the Adirondacks lol. If all the water were land and the islands of land were lakes. It’s gotta be a glacier thing, right?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThe Faroe islands are volcanic. The Adirondacks are a combination of geologic uplift and glaciation. The appearance is really just due to water level. If you raised the ocean up to the Adirondacks, it’d look similar. If you lowered it at the Faroe islands, you’d get some of the same lakes, but not a full mountain range. The local topography looks like this: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-Map-of-the-Faroe-Islands-region-The-designated-area-is-outlined-with-blue-lines-The_fig3_279704227
Fuck me that is so cool looking. It looks like a geographical negative of the Adirondacks lol. If all the water were land and the islands of land were lakes. It’s gotta be a glacier thing, right?
The Faroe islands are volcanic. The Adirondacks are a combination of geologic uplift and glaciation.
The appearance is really just due to water level. If you raised the ocean up to the Adirondacks, it’d look similar. If you lowered it at the Faroe islands, you’d get some of the same lakes, but not a full mountain range. The local topography looks like this: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-Map-of-the-Faroe-Islands-region-The-designated-area-is-outlined-with-blue-lines-The_fig3_279704227