Watch Earth's Continents Move

Name: Watch Earth's Continents Move
Uploaded: 2026-05-15T05:54:54.148Z
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: Watch a time-lapse of Earth changing through geologic time, from the Cambrian Era to the projected period of Pangea Proxima.

Watch a time-lapse of Earth changing through geologic time, from the Cambrian Era to the projected period of Pangea Proxima.

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

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