# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl3Zi82AA2z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460714-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/674f87bf9a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-30T18:19:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Marie Tharp's discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge showed that the sea floor was spreading, validating the theory of plate tectonics. She was born #OTD in 1920, and was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer — and she co-created first comprehensive map of the ocean floor. 🌍🗺
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#womeninscience #science #earth #nature #sea #history #sciencehistory #life #world #women #womancrush #ocean #map #cartography #mapmaking #techtonics #seafloor #underwater #knowledge #inspiration #motivationmonday

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## Tags

underwater, world, otd, inspiration, cartography, history, earth, techtonics, ocean, knowledge, sea, map, womeninscience, mapmaking, nature, science, motivationmonday, seafloor, women, life, sciencehistory, womancrush

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