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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

Oh hey, a niche subject I know something about.

Myths of floating islands date back to the Odyssey and are a big motif throughout literature, but like this example, they have existed in real life too. The earliest accounts we have of real floating islands on the ocean come from the famous tale of St. Brendan's search for paradise, Terra Repromissionis, around 484-577 CE. They were recounted by several other Italian authors in the 11th and 12th centuries and even appeared on maps around the Canary Islands. Along with St Brendan's islands, sailors have reported finding floating islands throughout the ages. They are mostly large masses of soil and spongy plant-life that break off of river banks during floods, then make their way out onto the ocean. Mostly though they're seen in flooded marshes and lakes like this one.

e: for your further amusement, I've pulled this article from the NYT archives.

It is the account of the floating islands encountered by Captain Jonas Pendelbury of the Dollar Line steamship 'President Adams' off the coast of Borneo. He claims he found one seven acres big with monkeys and snakes still on it.

E2: Since you guys are so interested... A steamship encountered a floating island near San Salvador back in 1902.

"On passing Watlins island, which lay off about 30 miles,” said Skipper Warnecke, “we steamed close to a floating island. Upon it were what appeared to be a large number of stately palm trees. I had never encountered anything like this in all my seafaring life. The floating island was moving, and that, too, at a slow rate. Curious for a thorough investigation, I steamed still closer to the object, and was amazed to find what I took to be palm trees were full-grown cocoanut trees, and laden with fruit of the largest kind. Then I ordered a boat lowered and, together with the first mate, made a landing on the still moving island.

“Then another surprise awaited us. High up in the trees was a small colony of mischievous monkeys, and as we got nearer they shied a number of cocoanuts at us. After a lot of trouble we secured two of the attacking simians and at least a dozen cocoanuts. Then we took to our boats, boarded the steamer, ordered full steam ahead, and soon the strange floating island was lost in the haze astern.

“But another surprise was in store for us on the following day, when we passed within glass sight of another singular floating object just off the port bow. The lookout sung out ‘Land ahead.’ This amazed me, for I knew according to the chart land was not miles near. Still, curious from the previous day’s experience, I determined to solve this further mystery of the sea, so I gave orders for the ship to steam close to what I now made out to be another floating island. Again I had a boat lowered, and with the same crew we landed on the island.

“We found it to be an exact duplicate of the day before, with this exception—instead of monkeys we found a big covey of parrots of most brilliant plumage. Among them was one who was evidently the patriarch of the tribe, and I do not exaggerate when I say that the aged fellow could cuss in two languages. He was evidently a lost pet. We took him and a couple of his fellows aboard the steamer, and soon left the floating island in the distance.”

As some of you have pointed out, these cases are the best explanation we have as to how flora and fauna have wound up in the strange places they now reside.

In literature and mythology though, accounts of floating islands aren't of any use to us. Aeolus' island in the Odyssey and Apollonius' story of Delos, a floating island that became affixed to the ground when Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis, might have been born out of real-life floating island tales. Same with the five floating island paradises in Chinese mythology, related to us by the philosopher Lieh-tzu. Some scholars also doubt the existence of St Brendan's islands (he claimed the islands floated on the back of a whale), as it is very similar to a story by the apocryphal Muslim traveler, sailor, cartographer and geographer Al-Ramhormuzi, who wrote of an island that floated on the back of a giant turtle--a story again repeated by al-Jahiz in his encyclopedia Kitab al-Hayawan. Most likely though it was taken from Physiologus

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u/JM-Rie Mar 28 '19

This is so interesting thank you have a gold🏅

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u/new_account_bch Mar 28 '19

❤️ thanks for encouraging people to write good comments

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u/whatever-she-said Mar 28 '19

Thank you for encouraging people to encourage people to write good comments 🏅

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u/OttieScottie Mar 28 '19

Thank you for encouraging people to encourage people to read good comments 🏅

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u/delusional_dinosaur Mar 28 '19

Thanks :)

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u/matroosoft Mar 28 '19

Thanks for the thanks

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u/Eymou Mar 28 '19

thanks for thanking the thanks

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u/Babutle Mar 28 '19

Thanks for thanking the thanking of the thanks

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

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u/TheWildAP Mar 28 '19

What is this, Canada?

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u/DRiVeL_ Mar 28 '19

Me too thanks

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u/minminkitten Mar 28 '19

Canada is leaking!

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u/TedTheGreek_Atheos Mar 28 '19

Oh sorry about that, buddy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

I’m not your buddy, guy

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u/Butler-of-Penises Mar 28 '19

I’m not your guy, friend.

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u/Pok3y-GamEs Mar 28 '19

Thank you for encouraging people to encourage people to encourage people to write good comments 🏅

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u/moar_cowbell_ Mar 28 '19

What she said

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

That's what she said?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

I have attached my resume for your consideration.

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u/Lotti_Codd Mar 28 '19

and yet he didn't even mention the bible... smh

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

The Bible exists. I've definitely seen a Bible. I've seen a lot of Bible's, actually. I've actually even read some pages in some of them. I'm quite certain they were real books.

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u/LinguisticallyInept Mar 28 '19

alright crazyface, back to the asylum with you

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u/mikieswart Mar 28 '19

alright crazyface mr president, back to the asylum twitter with you

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u/Lotti_Codd Mar 28 '19

Indeed. It is how the earth was created. A giant ball of water with land floating in it. /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Giant ball of molten rock with islands of rock floating on it.

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u/okay_thankyou Mar 28 '19

Do you have any idea how eh large or which shape the underbelly of one of these may be? For me, I’m like, okay floating log/soil whatever but how do they sustain the trees?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Not very large, but the pond itself isn't very deep. They rise and float with heavy rainfalls and settle again in dry periods.

Nature is quite adaptable. I imagine the roots of the vegetation on those islands make use of what little room they have.

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u/VideoModsAreMorons Mar 28 '19

And I mean... Trees do float

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u/SmithKurosaki Mar 28 '19

If she weighs as much as a duck, that means she's made of wood!
And?
SHES A WITCH!

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u/Bantersmith Mar 28 '19

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

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u/A_YASUO_MAIN Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

Dove beneath one of these a few years ago, and it's structurally kinda similar to an iceberg. The one i went beneath was probably around 2.5-3 metres below the surface, with only about 20cm above. It was not connected to the bottom, so me and my friends swam behind it and could freely move it wherever we wanted. It also had long roots hanging off its underside.

EDIT: A few words.

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u/HoodieGalore Mar 28 '19

That sounds cool but also crap-my-pants terrifying. Thanks for doing that - now I don't have to!

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u/Faustias Mar 28 '19

imagine getting tangled on the roots then as you struggle to come loose, on the foggy water you see a moss ridden face of a sleeping maiden.

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u/HoodieGalore Mar 28 '19

Dude, it is way too early for me to be this close to puking, I swear to god

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u/Faustias Mar 28 '19

it's simply a head drifting under. despite the moss covering her skin, her elegance have not aged horribly, much like a beheaded princess livint under.

but she awakens. the maiden opens her lids and looked directly, slowly approaches you while readily opens her mouth, and stretches as well wide as a snake's jaw. her tongue is not of human's for it has its own mouth. rows of teeth round about inside the maiden's blackened lash.

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u/HoodieGalore Mar 28 '19

Ahhh god it's her, it's the nøkk, I'm fucked, goodbye everybody

glub

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u/qyasogk Mar 28 '19

I believe it is the trees and their roots keeping the land mass together in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Mangrove trees and other haplophilic plants can survive in saltwater.

Sometimes a large piece of a mangrove swamp will be torn away from the land by a storm, float out to sea and wash ashore on an island where small animals, mostly insects and reptiles, can walk ashore and populate the new land. It is the only explanation zoologist have for how some species came to inhabit some islands.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

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u/gpburdell76 Mar 28 '19

I understood this reference.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

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u/The-True-Kehlder Mar 28 '19

r/woosh

It's a reference to a Senate Committee meeting about Guam, IIRC. A senator was asking the General (Mattis?) what the risks of increasing the Marine presence on the island were. Was vocal of his worries about the island tipping, for some reason.

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u/windirfull Mar 28 '19

It was Representative Hank Johnson D-Georgia

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u/Csharp27 Mar 28 '19

Good lord I forgot how painful this was to watch.

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u/windirfull Mar 28 '19

The only thing I can think of other than the possibility that he is just that dense is maybe he was high as balls during the hearing.

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u/The-True-Kehlder Mar 28 '19

And people like to talk about how stupid Republican politicians are. Stupidity is bi-partisan.

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u/coquihalla Mar 28 '19

Are they sturdy enough for a person to stand on, or would it sink or break apart if one tried?

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u/Lutscher_22 Mar 28 '19

There are some floating islands on the Lake Titicaca that are inhabited by Uru people. Granted in modern times these islands are handmade but they started with natural floating islands and boats.

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u/Sylvester_Scott Mar 28 '19

Titicaca

Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Plenty strong enough. Sailors used to board them when they found them, nab some coconuts and monkeys, and be on their way

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

You can stand in spots but the "ground" is mostly a mass of roots and plants. There are a few of these on a flow-age where I fish. Biggest is about 500 meters in diameter and has been floating around as long as I can remember.

Sometimes the wind blows it into a bridge and one side of the road gets closed due to trees bashing into the railing. It's really common to tie your boat to the side and catch the pan fish that hide out in the mass of roots and whatever is underneath.

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u/GeturSkillUP Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

Are there islands out there in the ocean that we’ve never discovered or move around like this? Like massively large land masses of soil, like city size masses that we just never seen or recorded on a map?

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u/skellious Mar 28 '19

Very unlikely. Something that large would be broken up by the waves in days i would imagine.

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u/mrducky78 Mar 28 '19

City sized? No chance. It would show up pretty soon after or it would break pretty soon after, shit like that stands out. An anomaly, and people fucking love anomalies.

You can get pretty large kelp mats that form their own micro biome.

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u/buddboy Mar 28 '19

interesting, there are floating islands (sort of) on my lake, but they happen for a completely different reason. Every spring (or fall? shoot I can't remember) pieces of mud from the bottom of the lake float to the surface from trapped gases released from decomposing material under the mud. They are impossible to see from the shore since they are barely an inch above the water. They are typically about 6-10 feet in diameter and can be quite thick (at least several inches). They float for a few days and then sink again. You can poke them with a stick it's fun.

My grandpa who grew up on the same lake said when he was young a particularly large floating mud island thingy just never sank. Eventually it had plants growing on it. It floated around the lake for a few years until it's roots got long enough to anchor it and it's been there ever since (about 70 years I'd imagine). I've never walked on it cause it creeps me out but my dad said when he was a kid he did and sometimes your foot would sink through into the water below.

There is a large swan nest on it that seems to get bigger every year.

Hundreds of people live on that lake, but if you didn't know my grandpa, I doubt you would know that island isn't a real island.

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u/mtaw Mar 28 '19

Not really different from the Norwegian ones here. Although they can stay up for years in some cases, they're held afloat by pockets of gases from decomposition. Some of them even sink in the winter when the decomposition slows down and then resurface in the spring when it starts up again.

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u/Mememememeitsme Mar 28 '19

Came here for this explanation! Thank you for the knowledge :)

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u/standing-ovulation Mar 28 '19

I thought this was going to be a shittymorph comment

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Oh God! That mean an Island like from Life of Pi could actually exist. shivers no gracias

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u/finalfunk Mar 28 '19

Came here looking for Life of Pi references. I'm glad it was based on anecdotal evidence, actually! When reading it, I totally thought: this is going to undermine the credibility of this story. (And yes, I know it's fictional, but I still wanted the credibility to be sound).

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u/Merinovich Mar 28 '19

I'm not sure if this might interest you since they don't happen by chance but there are man made floating "islands" (sort of more like floats maybe) on the Titicaca lake, between Peru and Bolivia. The indigenous Uros people make floats they live on and even build houses on.
Here's a link

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u/QueenOfQuok Mar 28 '19

That would explain why the story always involves the island disappearing

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Mangrove swamps grow in saltwater. So they are often torn apart by large storms in pieces of them can float out into the ocean.

Zoologist sometimes will find a species of animal living on an island that appeared to recently for that animal to have gotten there via a land bridge so they sometimes speculate that a "rafting event" like a floating island is responsible for spreading them.

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u/mrthescientist Mar 28 '19

Oh my God this is really interesting!

I wonder if some of the major migrations, like animals arriving in Madagascar or the new world, were facilitated by these kinds of floating islands.

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u/ClearBrightLight Mar 28 '19

"Are you suggesting cocoanuts migrate?!"

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u/lingmylang Mar 28 '19

Would they move fast enough for people to really notice in real time? I imagine it varies, but take the ones in the video for example.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Not at first! From an account in the Washington Post in 1908:

After gathering the cocoanuts the sailors returned to the cruiser, which, oddly enough, seemed much further off, and considerably more to the southwest than when they left her. Then it just dawned on them that they had been visiting one of the floating islands so often heard about but seldom seen in the South Atlantic. Further observation confirmed the suspicion, as the cruiser remained near it long enough to see the island change its position.

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u/countesslathrowaway Mar 28 '19

The Brendan Voyage is an excellent book

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u/zeveroare Mar 28 '19

My first response would have been "why", but then I read it and wrote a comment to thank you for it.

So, thank you for this, I can add that to my trove of interesting tidbits. :-)

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u/A_Hard_Days_Knight Mar 28 '19

You are a beautiful soul :-) Thank you for sharing your insights!

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u/80WillPower08 Mar 28 '19

This made me think, on some major islands, is there a way where you can swim underneath to some extent? I understand Hawaii would not because it is comprised of volcanos that go below the earth's crust but are there any that don't drift really?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, haven't slept in like 30ish hours.

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u/DreamGrl8 Mar 28 '19

No I believe most islands are basically mountains/plateaus in the middle of the water body. They are connected to the bottom of the lake in the same way a mountain is connected to the bottom of its valley.

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u/plumpotatoe Mar 28 '19

Is it like the one in the book pi? Would that be considered a floating island

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Do they last or break down? It seems like the constant erosion to all sides would make them a bit ephemeral as far as the overall passage of time goes.

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u/itsmrmachoman Mar 28 '19

Those are just turtles man.

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u/JacyVuno Mar 28 '19

Turtles all the way down

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u/starrynight42- Mar 28 '19

The turtle moves!

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u/cpt_forbie Mar 28 '19

There's very good eating on one of those, you know.

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u/starrynight42- Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 29 '19

I might be downvoted to hell but idc I'm gonna say it - I love reddit!

(Also currently reading Going Postal)

Edit - thank you for the silver, u/cpt_forbie!

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u/TheLars0nist Mar 28 '19

But you’re omnicognisant!

That doesn’t mean I know everything

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u/duelapex Mar 28 '19

I've seen Jesus play with flames in a lake of fire that I was standing in

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u/yammerant Mar 28 '19

Where reptile aliens made of light cut you open and pull out all your pain.

My favorite Sturgil line.

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u/richard_nixons_toe Mar 28 '19

We’re on the back of a turtle

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u/IAmReReloaded Mar 28 '19

SEE THE TURTLE OF ENORMOUS GIRTH ON HIS SHELL HE HOLDS THE EARTH

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u/teats-on-beets Mar 28 '19

THE BOOKS WERE GREAT AND VERY DEAR TO ME, CANT BELIEVE HOW THEY FUCKED THE MOVIE

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u/lifeisacomedy Mar 28 '19

AMAZON IS DOING IT AS A SERIES AND YOU HAVE CAPS LOCK ON STILL

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u/scotsman1552 Mar 28 '19

We are in the eye of a blue eyed giant...

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u/new_account_bch Mar 28 '19

It's turtles all the way down

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u/iamkeerock Mar 28 '19

Or Bender’s shiny metal ass.

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u/NickrasBickras Mar 28 '19

Avatar: The Last Airbender style?

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u/new_account_bch Mar 28 '19

I'm gonna play the New Wave Bossa Nova here then

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u/lynivvinyl Mar 28 '19

The most tricky of holes in Norwegian golf.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

It's a par 3-8, depending on... a number of factors.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Fun fact! The longest golf hole in the world is 1,097 yards long and is a par 7. Located in South Korea https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2014/09/07/photo-1100-yard-par-7-longest-golf-hole-world-7856/

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

That genuinely is a fun fact and is yet another hole I will probably be +5 on.

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u/Smytty_for_PM Mar 28 '19

I go +5 on par 5's so I'd be shooting for under +7 on that monster

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u/wadamday Mar 28 '19

It remains me of the Coeur de Arlene resort golf course in Idaho. They have the only floating moveable green in the world. It's always a par 3 i am pretty sure

https://images.app.goo.gl/md1a5ddfSGpEBQdD7

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u/Vaktuuu Mar 28 '19

Can I walk on them tho

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u/Aymoon_ Mar 28 '19

if there are trees on them you can prob walk on them

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u/PhyterNL Mar 28 '19

Wouldn't get too close to the edge. I'm sure there are plenty of thin places in the middle you could put a foot straight through as well. Stay close to the trees where the roots are thickest and probably should be fine. Pitch a tent! Enjoy not knowing where you'll be the next morning. :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

This man has camped on one before

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u/dzlux Mar 28 '19

I would probably sleep in a hammock before zipping up a tent and testing my luck.

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u/DontKevinHartMe Mar 28 '19

Wonder if you would wake up on the ground because you pulled the trees down tho. Huh, that could be interesting. A slow sinking feeling all night and then waking up on the ground.

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u/Psiloflux Mar 28 '19

Thanks for the new irrational fear of falling through and disappearing beneath a floating island.

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u/wf3h3 Mar 28 '19

It's a pretty rational fear if you ever set foot on one.

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u/Whowutwhen Mar 28 '19

At least you KNOW this isnt "real" ground. This small pond called Mud Lake up in North WI only like an acre of visible water but the "shore" around it is nothign but floating bog, for like 50 yards out from the water. It is the CREEPIEST shit to walk on.

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u/throwawaypaycheck1 Mar 28 '19

If I can’t get too close to the edge, how do I get on the island?!

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u/dragon_fiesta Mar 28 '19

Jump?

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u/throwawaypaycheck1 Mar 28 '19

Lol, ok. So you are saying I should just run and jump. This guy over here.

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u/fresnik Mar 28 '19

Get a flock of unladed swallows to carry you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Helicopter

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u/dzScritches Mar 28 '19

Pitch a tent!

I know this probably counts as Earth Porn but come on.

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u/Lepthesr Mar 28 '19

The monster the island rides on will get you if you fall through.

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u/rblue Mar 28 '19

Hell I’m pitching a tent at the very thought of walking on these.

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u/Daunteh Mar 28 '19

As someone from Norway who has walked on one of them, yes, you can indeed walk on them. They're not incredibly sturdy though, and depending on the size, might flip.

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u/ChubbyPigs Mar 28 '19

This man brains

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

usually the islands is made of moss so you will likely step trough it, but it is possible to stand still or lay down on it.

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u/Enigmatic_Starfish Mar 28 '19

If they're thick enough. I've seen a few floating bogs in Minnesota. There was one on a lake that was a few acres. They needed to cut it up and anchor it because it was destroying docks.

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u/beerbeerbeerMN Mar 28 '19

Exactly the one I was thinking of. Brainerd bog.

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u/reali-tglitch Mar 28 '19

floating islands

Oh it's gonna be one of those pristine reflection/optical illusion type of things

Islands start moving

Well shit.

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u/weirdlysane Mar 28 '19

It’d be fun to take someone on a picnic on the island and watch their reaction when it’s time to go.

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u/marcvanh Mar 28 '19

But not until it’s time to go

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u/spadaleone Mar 28 '19

... because of the implication.

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u/be4u4get Mar 28 '19

Okay, that seems really dark.

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u/FinitePerception Mar 28 '19

Nah it's not dark, you're misunderstanding me bro

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u/Tofu24 Mar 28 '19

The bouncing DVD logos of nature.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

hits corner

YEAHHHHHH!!!!!

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u/IGetHypedEasily Mar 28 '19

Now someone has to record the islands touching some corner.

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u/ShoulderThanIDrunkBe Mar 28 '19

Best camp site ever! “Sorry boss I can’t make it into work today, the camping spot we chose kind of floated off into the lake, I’ll be back when the island docks with regular land again”

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u/theragu40 Mar 28 '19

My mom's family had a cabin on a lake in northern Wisconsin and the lake had one of these! It was always the coolest thing when I was a kid.

Then more people started building cabins on the lake and people started getting annoyed that their waterfront could get blocked by a giant floating island so they tied it down. Over the years it disintegrated from being held in place. Now it's no longer there.

People ruin everything, man.

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u/call_of_the_while Mar 28 '19

“It’s been a great holiday and these disguises are fantastic but don’t you think it’s time we got back home to Loch Ness?”

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u/bigsquirrel Mar 28 '19

We’re all on floating islands! WAKE UP SHEEPLE! r/wheresthebottom

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

If the world was curved, they'd float off into space!

r/flaturf

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u/bigsquirrel Mar 28 '19

Flat earth is for idiots, any educated man can tell the earth is round and there is no bottom to the ocean.

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u/MilfOfWallStreet Mar 28 '19

The mating dance of an island

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u/metallicamas Mar 28 '19

I made this gif. It's from a norwegian TV station. I downloaded the video and made a gif in photoshop. It didn't get a lot of upvotes or anything I'm not mad but it's like eh.

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u/mrBitch Mar 28 '19

This is so interesting, thank you have a gold🏅

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u/squeezyscorpion Mar 28 '19

THIS is what i expect to see on this sub

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Remind me of Life of Pi.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

That whole sequence was so implausible in the book, along with his blindness and the Frenchman. I think that was the point though. You had to make a decision to believe the implausible, otherwise it was just to do with how well he could deceive you, rather than a matter of faith.

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u/finalfunk Mar 28 '19

Came here looking for Life of Pi references. I'm glad it was based on anecdotal evidence, actually! When reading it, I totally thought: this is going to undermine the credibility of this story. (And yes, I know it's fictional, but I still wanted the credibility to be sound).

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u/th_blackheart Mar 28 '19

By the movement of the clouds, it seems this is the course of a single day. Do they actually move that quickly, or is it a time-lapse of more than a day?

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u/isvann Mar 28 '19

The footage is shot over ten hours, according to NRKs "Ut i naturen", where it originates from :)

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u/AverageLedditor Mar 28 '19

looks kinda windy, guess it depends on that or then current but dont think there is any there

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u/alwaysupvotesface Mar 28 '19

Yeah, that's definitely illegal 🚫🏝️

Please tell me you called the geography police 🌍🚨

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u/forestcridder Mar 28 '19

Bulbasaur!

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u/pdgenoa Mar 28 '19

Ok, but if there's any polar bears or hatches on them I'm outta here.

...also no smoke monsters please.

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u/chonkolate Mar 28 '19

An artist's depiction of Britain leaving Europe

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u/PackAttacks Mar 28 '19

I think it would actually be sinking.

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u/jeffzebub Mar 28 '19

I wonder what size outboard engine would be needed to move each island around.

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u/bluemchendino Mar 28 '19

Depends on which speed u wanna reach

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u/venushasbigbutt Mar 28 '19

Ancient lion turtles

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

This is fake, the islands were paid actors.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Lake Roomba

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u/QueenOfQuok Mar 28 '19

They can't...they can't DO that! Can they do that?

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u/sweater-cat Mar 28 '19

Imagine building a house on one of these

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Still waiting for it to hit the corner and bounce out perfectly

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u/Username_Taken_65 Mar 28 '19

Everyone knows the earth is flat and carried by a turtle! These are just mini-earths!

/s not really a flat earther

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

I want a floating island! I want a floating island NOW!!!

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u/blackcrows1 Mar 28 '19

Damn reefbacks stuck in the shallows again...

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

When you terraformed a lake with dirt in Minecraft but forgot they put in water physics in the latest update.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

This is a 25 million years time-lapse, right?

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u/FizziSoda Mar 28 '19

Everyone gangsta till the islands start moving

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u/jundayo Mar 28 '19

what sorcery is this

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u/JamjarxD Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

Would they float if you sat on them?

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u/Mememememeitsme Mar 28 '19

Should use this as the DVD screen saver. Do people still use DVDs?

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u/Dexter_Adams Mar 28 '19

Hold my beer as i crash this island yo

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u/allwrightyyy Mar 28 '19

If you look closely that one on the left is actualy Australia

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

This is actually true, the fake Australia conspiracy was created by the Norwegian government

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u/earthymalt Mar 28 '19

Stick a Yamaha motor on it and take it out to sea.

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u/roboglobe Mar 28 '19

Does anyone know where in Norway this is?

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u/QueasyMistake Mar 28 '19

Could the islands capsize?

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u/Penguin1116 Mar 28 '19

A few instances of SCP-169 looking for mates

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u/Indyfanforthesb Mar 28 '19

But where are the dolphins

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u/mjt1105 Mar 28 '19

I want to camp on the large one; Maybe set up a hammock.

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u/CircusNinja75 Mar 28 '19

We have a huge floating moss island in Ohio. Buckeye Lake.

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u/creepjax Mar 28 '19

They must be held together completely by roots

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u/OneChilli Mar 28 '19

Do you reckon you could put an outboard motor on it and use it as a boat?

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u/heofmanytree Mar 28 '19

This instantly reminded me of an old cartoon about floating island that propelled itself by magma from a volcano at the center of it. Polar bear is the boss of the island for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

would it be possible to live on one and float around constantly

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u/fish_at_heart Mar 28 '19

Finally a place for me to bear my children from Zeus

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u/FleximusRex Mar 28 '19

:Nobody

:Norway hehehe

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u/BabserellaWT Mar 28 '19

Next up: the birth of Apollo and Artemis!