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[โ€“] Reddfugee42 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Holy shit my brain had a tough time with realizing that the normal map thing where the light part is land and the dark part is water isn't what's happening here ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Fuck, I only realized this after your comment. I kept turning my phone all different ways to try to see Europe.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

For me it's the opposite, so I sometimes get confused with maps using light for land and dark for sea, although those are rare

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Me too, was having a hard time recognizing anything until I started looking at the "water."