Middle-Earth

For today's episode of beautiful distraction, we turn to the work of Peter Bird, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, at the University of California at Los Angeles.

He has a map which juxtaposes Tolkien's Middle-Earth with modern Europe. View it in all its glory: a copy can be found HERE. Don't mind the typos; it's good enough that someone made the attempt. And it all makes a lot more sense. Or is that 'lotr' more sense. Heh.

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Acknowledgement: Never would have found it without this guy. Well, this post anyway. And ignore the stuff about Bali; wrong archipelago.