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Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy'
live science ^
| Harry Baker
Posted on 06/14/2022 6:22:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The scientists found the secret subterranean habitat tucked away beneath the Larsen Ice Shelf — a massive, floating sheet of ice attached to the eastern coast of the Antarctic peninsula that famously birthed the world's largest iceberg in 2021. Satellite photos showed an unusual groove in the ice shelf close to where it met with the land, and researchers identified the peculiar feature as a subsurface river, which they described in a statement(opens in new tab). The team drilled down around 1,640 feet (500 meters) below the ice's surface using a powerful hot-water hose to reach the underground chamber.
When the researchers sent a camera down through the icy tunnel and into the cavern, hundreds of tiny, blurry flecks in the water obscured the video feed. Initially, the team thought their equipment was faulty. But after refocusing the camera, they realized that the lens was being swarmed by tiny crustaceans known as amphipods. This caught the team off guard, as they had not expected to find any type of life this far below the icy surface.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alienlife; amphipods; antarctica; crustaceans; darwinwasright; life; sealife
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:22:11 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Finally they have found the StarGate, not that they would really tell us so.
To: BenLurkin
God makes nifty stuff, and you never know where you’ll find it.
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:24:58 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: BenLurkin
If it wasn’t discovered by Doug McClure and a Nazi sub, I’m not interested. I’m open to the idea that it was Patrick Wayne, and I’m remembering it wrong. Love those movies!
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:25:20 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
(Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. It’s called democracy, folks. It’s who we are.)
To: rigelkentaurus
I’ve seen this movie, it doesn’t end well.
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:25:37 PM PDT
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: BenLurkin
There was an episode in the first season of The X-Files, that dealt with unknown life in Antarctica. That’s about all I can remember now, but I’m just going to say: Nope.
To: BenLurkin; All
At the Mountains of Madness!
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:27:35 PM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:30:07 PM PDT
by
Reily
To: rigelkentaurus
Wait until they find the alien bases...
;-)
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:30:22 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: BenLurkin
I've seen this movie before.
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:32:22 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: BenLurkin
Look just like a typical Saturday night barbecue in S.E. DC when the shooting starts...
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:35:18 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: skr
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:35:25 PM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:35:46 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
To: rigelkentaurus
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:39:29 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: BenLurkin
I’d be interested in learning what is the fuel source that heats the water for the powerful heated water drill? Is it greeeen?
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:40:46 PM PDT
by
Recompennation
(Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so me)
To: cdcdawg
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:43:52 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: BlueLancer
Awesome. Seems like there were a lot of these in the mid 70s. Good times. Those effects were not all that special.
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:48:37 PM PDT
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cdcdawg
(Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. It’s called democracy, folks. It’s who we are.)
To: DannyTN
That’s easy for you to say.
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posted on
06/14/2022 6:50:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
The team drilled down around 1,640 feet (500 meters) below the ice's surface using a powerful hot-water hose to reach the underground chamber.Well, now, finally, the eco-nuts can honestly claim that ice-shelf melting was from a man-made cause ...
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06/14/2022 6:51:57 PM PDT
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BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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