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Geologists have ringside seats for an ocean's birth ~~ A new sea forming in Africa
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| Thursday 20th July 2006 08:36 GMT
| Lucy Sherriff
Posted on 07/20/2006 9:08:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ArrogantBustard
Neither ... it's Western Imperialist Colonialism oppressing the poor downtrodden masses. Oh No!! Only Robert Mugabe can save Djibouti now.
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:22:07 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
To: Terabitten
Good point. See post #18 for a pretty dramatic picture.
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
What I want to know... is how much Bush knew about this and when he knew it!
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:27:42 AM PDT
by
csivils
To: LexBaird
Is this due to Global Warming, or a Zionist conspiracy against Mecca? I though Global Warming *was* a Zionist conspiracy.
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:28:07 AM PDT
by
nosofar
To: Slicksadick
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:29:34 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: trisham
Yup... and note the caption, that says the Rift Valley is already below sea level.
As any New Orleans native can tell you, the world can get wet pretty quick when you're already below sea level.
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:30:43 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(The only time you can have too much ammunition is when you're swimming.)
To: Andy from Beaverton
To: trisham
Geologists have a ring side seat? For a million years? These are going to be pretty hardy geologists.
To: Terabitten
True. On another note, I can't believe how close to the edge those people are standing. It makes me dizzy. Run! Run for your lives! :)
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:33:36 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Why couldn't it be on the US Mexican border from coast to coast?
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:34:25 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: trisham
" it will be about a million years before it is wet enough."
Maybe. Maybe not.
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:34:59 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(I will go down with this ship, and I won't put my hands up in surrender.)
To: Slicksadick; SunkenCiv; NormsRevenge; Marine_Uncle; blam
Well damn,....this is serious stuff....thanks!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:41:12 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: Sax
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:44:00 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: rawhide; All
A crevice in the Afar Triangle signals the birth of an ocean. In ten million years this ocean will split the African continent.
Dereje Ayalew/Universität Addis Abbaba ~~~~~ Scientists examine crevices in the Afar Triangle.
An aerial view of north-eastern Africa. The Afar Triangle is the sandy-colored triangle bordering on the sea.
NASA This photograph -- a direct view of the Afar Triangle -- was taken from the US space shuttle Columbia in January 1990.
To: Sax
One would expect a crack near Djibouti.
To: Slicksadick
Great! That'll give all the water from the melting icecaps somewhere to go and help irrigate their vast desert to boot.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Interesting article, and neat pictures too!
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posted on
07/20/2006 9:58:05 AM PDT
by
hedgetrimmer
("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
To: dalereed
Why couldn't it be on the US Mexican border from coast to coast?Excellent idea!!!!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; zot
It is time to get hold of a real estate agent and buy property on both sides of the riff & get ahead of the beach front property rush.
I wonder how far the closest end of the sink area is from the coast? The article doesn't say that.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:04:32 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
( (3rd Armored Division - Spearhead))
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