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    Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky

    Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice

    Researchers Probe the Mysteries of Antarctica’s Hidden Mountains

    Antarctica Is Shrinking Before Your Eyes

    Ice Eruptions

    Ultracold Polar Telescope Searches for Dark Energy

    Let's Tow the Wilkins Ice Shelf to California

    A Robot's Vision of Antarctica's Undersea Kingdom
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    Image of Gann Gann
    08/19/09

    In reply to Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky
    I bumped into an unseasonal aurora borealis while driving through Canada one summer. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Photos really can't do it justice. Sat and watched it for hours, lost track of time and had to sleep in my car at the Canada/Alaska border until it reopened in the morning.
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    08/18/09

    In reply to Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky
    Gorgeous, but at least inform us when the photos are 6 months old or more... according to the NSF site, at least a few if not all of these were taken back in June 2008.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    08/18/09

    @vuffiraa: I'll promote your comment to address a couple things.

    1) In the science community lots of data is taken and it takes years to analyze it. Which means photos taken in 2008 get analyzed in 2009 and finally sent to the public/scientific community at large to be reviewed.

    2) Regardless of if 1) is true, I agree with you, because I really like scientific accuracy.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    08/18/09

    In reply to Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky
    Never mind...
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    08/18/09

    In reply to Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky
    Yeah, but are there any freaky little aliens running around taking over people's bodies?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    08/18/09

    In reply to Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky
    Those are amazing photos. They look concept watercolors for a movie.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    Dammit, ROACH is going to have to step up the evil takeover plans to beat shoggoths and the Big C to world domination.
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    Image of Fate'sBitch Fate'sBitch
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    So after everyone rereads At the Mountains of Madness, it's time to pull out Map's of Ancient Sea Kings, because Charles Hapgood figured this out decades ago. Postmortem Vindication.
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    Image of Federico Sisco Gonzalez Iv Federico Sisco Gonzalez Iv
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    Uh oh.. Let us pray to be the first to be eaten before we go mad with suspense!


    [i111.photobucket.com]

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/03/09

    @Federico Sisco Gonzalez Iv: Perfect!
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    "You know what that means."


    We're all going to die?

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    I am extremely upset that "Elder Things" isn't a tag. D: Come on! What's wrong with you? There's no excuse for that!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/03/09

    @Meirelle: Decepticon: Elder Gods, please. Elder Things merely insults the blindly malevolent star beings.
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    Image of MrTim MrTim
    06/03/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Actually, the term "Elder Things" is used by the Call of Cthulhu RPG for the alien scientists in "At the Mountains of Madness" to distinguish them from the blindly malevolent star beings.
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    06/03/09

    @MrTim: RPG??? RPG??? *throws rocks* We're talking about the OG version!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    If you think we're surprised imagine how all the mer-people who live in the valleys of these mountains feel when their sky breaking up.
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    Image of marlowespade marlowespade
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    "valleys buried deep beneath aunt arctic ice"


    Just wait till Uncle Arctic hears about this!

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/03/09

    @marlowespade: Uncle Arctic just bitches about how frigid his wife is.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    Antarctic Exploration Log, March 25, 2011:


    Today we have set up camp near the newly discovered ice mountains in East Antarctica. The dogs are jumpy, barking at shadows and generally being little snotty bitches. More to follow.


    April 14, 2011:


    Johnson showed me this short story that he's been reading, At the Mountains of Madness by some guy named HP Lovecraft. Guy sounds like some sort of techno-hippy cultist freak, if you ask me. Hah, it's even set in Antarctica!


    May 2, 2011:


    OH GODS IT'S REA-

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    06/03/09

    In reply to Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
    TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI!
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