That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
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Published 2018-05-22
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At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the world is hot, flat, and very, very dry. But then 234 million years ago, the climate suddenly changed for the wetter.
Thanks as always to Nobumichi Tamura for allowing us to use his wonderful paleoart: spinops.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Franz Anthony, Julio Lacerda and Studio 252mya for their illustrations. You can find more of their work here:
Julio Lacerda: 252mya.com/gallery/julio-lacerda
Franz Anthony: 252mya.com/gallery/franz-anthony
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All Comments (20)
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I remember this. I was six, and we were on holiday in Wales.
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Here in the UK, we call this “Wednesday“
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My parents had to go through this whenever they went to school. Respect.
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Imagine being born near the tail end of this, living a couple of decades with nothing but constant rain, and then suddenly it just .... stops.
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Imagine being like in ur reptile-30s and youve never seen rain and one morning it starts raining and it doesnt stop for the rest of your life
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“Oh yeah the plants really need this.” -my dad for two million years
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What's really crazy is that the same water that rained back then is the same water that rains on us now. 🤯
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“The chronicles of Carnia” isn’t dumb, that’s a brilliant pun! I’m happy you decided to include it in some form
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“One day, it started to rain. And it didn’t stop for two million years.” -Forrest Gump
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Venus: Whats wrong Earth? Earth: im 14 and everything is deep
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I love the time cards for this video, it’s like the table of contents for a 1st graders reading assignment. 1. Intro 2. The Dinosaurs 3. Outro
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I worked in the UK for a while and it felt the same.
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This is what my dad had to go through to get school
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The guy who invented the umbrella back then would have made bank
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Petroleum geologist here. The triassic is virtually devoid of petroleum prospects, so much so that we rarely ever look at it. "oh, triassic red beds again", "oh, triassic volcanics, meh!" move on... Jurassic, Cretaceous, and permain all much more interesting to us. As such, this video was interesting since we don't really get to work with the triassic much. I don't even remember any names of triassic subunits...
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Am I a weird person I've watched this at least 10 times over the year and I love it every time
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Dinosaurs: "See you tomorrow again?" Sun: "Yeah sure. See ya tomorrow!" Last online 2 million years ago
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Venus: Earth I'm divorcing you Earth: cries for 2 million years
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2 million years is a time beyond comprehension, so long, and then you realize, that's just 0,00045% of Earth's age. 4500 million years is Earth's age.
