Continental Drift

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Last Updated

26/03/2026

Continental Drift

By: Nicolas Lambert

Observable: 02/2026

Hi. I'm Nicolas Lambert, research engineer in geographic information science at CNRS (France). My job is to draw maps and teach cartography at the university. I am a geographer 🌎, and not really a developer 🖥️.

This notebook compresses 750 million years of continental drift in a mesmerizing animation. It includes current country boundaries, so as the animation loops, you can follow how different regions emerged over time.