Another way to show the Mercator projection's distortions on a planisphere, is to consider that every circle on this map has the same radius of 500 miles
A puzzle:
Imagine you begin a journey in Seattle WA, facing exactly due east. Then start traveling forward, in a straight line along the Earth's surface.
@richard_normal Oh shit this was about Peat? I would have lived the rest of my life thinking he was picked 1st overall why do they say it like that, wtf?