Yeah, very frustrating to see just the Pacific Ocean w/o text blocking half of it.

Fortunately mmwelt posted another link for exploring:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38503448

Came here to say the same. And clicking on the globe does not stop it. Then trying to zoom and you can't but the globe image is too blurry/low res to read what's on it. Don't get me even started on scrolling...