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france for scale
Aug 22, 2019 9:57 AM
RedFace
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france for scale
bibsen2000
I would have preferred a banana for scale
DrLivingstoneIpresume
Thanks for this, I did not know what the scale was... shit sticks thats huge
DeimosBarret
Is this why I haven't received my package?
MajorKrisis
Should have used a banana for scale.
itsameeeee
First siberia catches fire and now amazon
tomattow
France is bananas
Perfectlynormalhumanbieng
Did anyone else read that as amazon fries or is that just my dyslexic ass?
Caffynated
What's bad is I read your post as "amazon fires" and was like "that is what it says... oooohh wait."
Rectasoreus
France consumes 500,000 bananas annually. (4scale)
Senninriki
There goes the oxygen supply, we're fucked now.
SyntheticReindeer
There's probably a banana for scale somewhere in there.
lostwithali
It's nice to see people care but as a previous dude said, this is a pretty normal occurance - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14546
PyroFox35
That link doesn’t work for me ?.
reverendleonard
Odd, usually I see London first.
xXmunk3yf4c3Xx
“It’s been 4 weeks, France has now lost oxygen and now breath via cigarettes”
rouverius
So, almost the size of Texas. Got it.
BORGALOOGIE
I want to slap Bolsonaro
TheDairyPope
Have they tried just putting France over the fire?
JupitersWitch
They’d throw wine on it and we’d be really screwed.
Caffynated
Isn't this Windy's CO2 map? The fires themselves would be much much smaller than their smoke clouds. China looks far worse than this. Link:
StuieG
Shhh people don't wanna here that truth shit here man.
Caffynated
https://www.windy.com/-Show-add-more-layers/overlays?cosc,21.861,24.258,3
GrootGear
Dude, really bad time for France to move there.
toogoodtomiss
Frexit
phicho
If its not measured in washing machines I can't grasp the proportion of the fire
nightofdarkshadows
Dishes or laundry?
SatoriEnlightenment
Car.
CheesersGhost
This really isn't funny
JupitersWitch
Not really but if people keep posting it gets shared and you know the deal.
hawkesnightmare
Anything can be funny. You just have to turn it into a joke.
ahleron
Uhh...wait a minute. The official unit of measure on Imgur is the banana. How many bananas are equivalent to one France?
SaggySag
Must be at least 40
ahleron
42?
Icedpryo
Wait so french Guiana is like half the size of france itself?
aPokal
loudkittysnores
When did France move?
Mumalot
France is always running away...
clk62
Come back when your country has a better military record.
lynnpie
Lol
blindpiggy
FREXIT
faoltastic
They had a bad break up with Great Britain
livefreenburkhard
...When they heard where that good good frog was...
Phoenix0153
Last Tuesday, I think
boatymcboatfaceplant
The Notre Dame fires went out, they're looking for a new place to burn down
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Last week, Germany moved in.
Xaizer
Petition to move France to South America just to confuse the French.
Hardcore04
Or to burn them
bamcobra
Well now Trump is going to have to watch out for those damn French trying to invade us from Brazil.
bundleofwoodensticks
But I’m le tired
BardockTheRebel
Zen take a nap.
CasualFascist
I didn’t realize that it got enough signatures
zombiejesusOW
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
Take a look a bit to the north there buddy. Already been done
dumbinsults
France is for sale?
dumbinsults
Sorry for the gross picture.
throwaway06061991
I can read it in his stupid voice
YuffieK
Based on that map, isn't BOLIVIA where the problem is?
eddewarde
Look at a real map
byronwashington
No, that map is pretty accurate. The president of Bolivia prioritizes agriculture over environmental protection and authorized burning
RedFace
like the Tchernobyl nuclear cloud, magically stopping at the french border selon mitterand and chirac
Ismellofhockey
selon = according to ... in case that wasn't just a slip up.
kikinport
Thr AMAZON is where the problem is. Brazil is one of the biggest countries in the world AND has a much greater impact worldwide than Boliva.
grklein
Most of the fires are in the Mato Grosso state, which borders Bolivia.
OccamsNewMachete
Yeah, my family lives there and the fires are crazy.
BolivianSwissMiss
Yes Bolivia is also on fire. Which breaks my heart since that's where I was born...
Gengreatthegar
Nature doesn't exactly adhere to political boundaries. Brazil's relaxation of environmental laws is making the whole area more fire prone
byronwashington
It's not "just Brazil". Bolivia has some equally terrible environmental policies. On top of climate change exacerbating the dry season.
woodchucc3211
https://www.science20.com/robert_walker/nasa_say_the_amazon_is_burning_at_below_average_rates_yet_many_news_stories_say_record_rates-240959
vaccinessavelivesperiod
"Though activity appears to be above average in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia" — which is exactly the point: it's new policy.
zaphod
the media peddles a slanted story to push their narrative... no way
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
I think the real problem is that we have the data to know what an average amazon rainforest fire is like, we shouldn't have that many!
zaphod
you say we have no data yet know we shouldn't have that many... lol top kek
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
I said it's troubleing that we have enough cases of amazon forest fires to have a lot of averages to calculate with
zaphod
ah my bad I read that too fast, sorry.
Meloncov
Yeah, the Amazon isn't like the western U.S. where fires are part of a natural cycle. Almost all are deliberately set to clear land.
Alistairetheblu
or this is just what nature does and things are fine. It's a good thing to have info on the average so we know when it's actually bad.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
It'd be fine if MORE rainforest grew back, but this is going to be used for cattle and soy farms, which aren't NEARLY as benefitial.
Meloncov
The average is skewed because people have been deliberately burning parts of the Amazon to clear land for as long as we've collected data.
woodchucc3211
I agree but I loath that the facts are being ignored or under reported meanwhile the outrage is everywhere.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
I think it's more that this case opened the public eye to just what big companies are doing, causing the mass outrage. But, since you -
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Mentioned it, I'll leave a quick fact list for anyone reading: 1) The amazon is NOT responsible for 1/5th of our oxygen, the majority of -
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Our air comes from the ocean and the organisms there. 2) That doesn't mean this sucks any less, the amazon is a key player for our planet's-
GoodGuyIsDead
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaz%C3%B4nia#/media/Ficheiro:Amazon_rainforest.jpg
GoodGuyIsDead
sure, there's only 5,500,000 km2, only 8 times France territory.
GoodGuyIsDead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest
squiddna
"France for scale because I do not know how big South America is."
BraveGrave
Somewhere in France there must be a Banana right now and I am sure that's what they wanted to use for scale...it's just too far away!
highwayheater
/a/jWtfDEv
notgonnabeadickthistime
How many football fields is France?
neomagus00
90.17 million for football, 120.3 for handegg. Approximately twelve bananas.
KingOfTheAnarchists
--France is Bacon
Normalface
It is realy big, sometimes you need reminded.
PedestrianElectrobastard
I don't really know how big France is either. In fact, a recently posted map made me realize I don't know how big anything is.
robsquared
Should have used texases per fortnight
AntiProtonBoy
Helps to put things into perspective, esp because some map projections are deceptive in geographical size.
frogmanfonzo
I do not know how big France is either. In fact, I'm pretty bad at judging the size of anything outside 2 states.
011100000110100101100101
Its about the size of ohio
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
That is not one of the states I know... Oh who am I kidding Im bad at judging the size of my own state.
RedFace
about 1/3 of the size of france
011100000110100101100101
You're right. It's about Texas actually, I looked it up after this comment a while ago
frogmanfonzo
I'm from Colorado, I could see that then. Thanks!
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
Fun Fact: The State of Ohio is the same size as the State of Ohio
SigneowTheCat
Interesting. Did you know that every sixty seconds in Africa a minute passes?
BraveGrave
Extra Fun Fact: Did you know that people die when they are killed?
RomeoEightJuliet
superpaul79
Is Texas a planet?
lorkas
It used to be but now it's classified as a dwarf planet.
BahamutBBob
You know what fits inside of Texas? It can fit the whole state of Texas. Crazy, I know!
imeanYUUUGE
GarandGunner
Omnipotence0
That is fantastic
gronterrino
Living in Russia you all same size - small.
Baughr
Seriously. Where's the banana when you need it...
Baughr
Oh... nevermind... it's in the fire :(
4hybrid4
That’s like a Brazilian fires
JapanesePizza333
I had to come back to upvote this.
AaronNathanielD
Most underrated comment
yeagoodthanks
How many is a Brazilian?
Megamastermetamememaker
bout treefiddy
4hybrid4
5:7