[bloopernova]

They distort the hexagons as you go further north.

https://observablehq.com/@four43/h3-index-visualizer

https://imgur.com/a/SgDfJkG is an example

[ritwikgupta]

The warping you’re observing is a result of the projection used to display the map on a 2D screen. They actually do use pentagons to solve the tessellation issue.