What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Making the familiar unfamiliar

Fig. 1 World Map (Source: OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay)

What’s wrong with the image above? If you immediately answered, “it’s upside down”, then I invite you to think again. Can a map of the world really be upside down? We know the world cannot be upside down, as there is no ‘up’ in space (just ask an astronaut), and as far as we know, nobody has managed to fall off the planet — yet. But can a map be upside down…