[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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.

[blam]

"An aerial view of north-eastern Africa. The Afar Triangle is the sandy-colored triangle bordering on the sea. "

It's okay. This whole area dried up during the last Ice Age. The next Ice Age will kill most of the people on earth and no-one will remember that the ocean wasn't there at one time when humanity recovers in 25-50,000 years from now.