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Giant Crack in Africa Will Become New Ocean
Live Science via FOX News ^ | 11/3/09

Posted on 11/03/2009 12:32:56 PM PST by Obadiah

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will eventually become a new ocean or sea, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005. Some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; arabia; catastrophism; giantafricancrack; giantcrack; redsea; timwright
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To: Obadiah
giant crack


61 posted on 11/03/2009 6:32:18 PM PST by Lazamataz (DEFINITION: rac-ist (rA'sis't) 1. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal about any topic.)
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Hey, I have a pipe for that...post #55.


62 posted on 11/04/2009 1:14:58 AM PST by Semper Mark ("Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples liberty's teeth.")
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To: Obadiah
An ocean? By the article you would have thought that this crack was 35 miles wide. By the picture it looks to be 35 miles long. An ocean? I think they are exagerating just a little.
63 posted on 11/04/2009 1:25:53 AM PST by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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By the article you would have thought that this crack was 35 miles wide.

Really? Here's the second sentence from the article:

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005.

64 posted on 11/05/2009 11:29:22 AM PST by xjcsa (And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
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The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005

Good catch, thank you. I read the article too quickly. The tone, though, does make one think of a much bigger crack for it to turn into an ocean.

65 posted on 11/05/2009 2:47:58 PM PST by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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