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As I was reading about submarine stealth techniques, I saw the map and had trouble visualizing it at first, as they colored the land in blue and the water in white.

Pretty strange choice for coloring a map.

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Not if your domain is the water. White is the best background color for details.

That said, maybe the ground should have been brown or green.

Ah, I see, I hadn't thought of that. I guess it makes sense that the Navy people would focus on the sea instead of the land.

Same problem. Glad somebody else said it, I always assume I'm the only one who's bothered by this stuff.

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