Soccerball EarthWhen you look around our planet, especially the shapes of the continents, you notice

Soccerball EarthWhen you look around our planet, especially the shapes of the continents, you notice a lot of similar angles. This is especially noticeable at the easternmost point of South America (the Cape São Roque). The design of these shapes, and their commonly-found 120-degree angles, is no accident, according to a theory proposed by James W. Sears.The geometric shape that is most similar to a sphere is a truncated icosahedron. Never heard of it? Well, you might know it’s more common name: a soccer ball. Well, it turns out that when you look at the tectonic features of many continents, including lines of magma like dike swarms, and faulting patterns, they line up quite nicely with a soccer ball shape. Apparently, the rifting process uses the shape to efficiently break the continents. The image shows Laurentia, the bulk of North America, and the pentagonal shape it conforms to because of the soccer ball pattern.-Mr. ARead more: http://www.mantleplumes.org/EarthTess.html -- source link
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