Xkcd/now

Look at Alaska. In physical reality, it nearly touches the eastern tip of Asia. And the Aleutians stretch all the way across. But to stay more in tune with the rest of the U.S., Alaska is almost entirely in the -9 timezone. So I guess the map is all about timezones, not where the sun is.

I don't see any other obvious mismatches with the physical Earth. Does anyone else?

EDIT: I suppose the gap between Greenland and Iceland is similar.

(Also, not that it's a major landmass, but Hawaii is missing. There's even space for it.)

I made a version that can be rotated: http://c0la.s3.amazonaws.com/xkcd1335.html

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7303361

If it is a gif, how does it make the initial frame (on load of image) equal to the frame for the current time?

Seems Randall is having fun with gifs.