• io9
  • science
  • overmind
  • kotaku
  • gizmodo
  • Profile logout login

#earthscience

io9

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #calendar,
  • etc.

San Francisco, 7:54 PM
Sun Nov 8
12 posts in the last 24 hours

Team

Tip your editors: tips@io9.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Annalee Newitz | Email

News Editor:
Charlie Jane Anders | Email

Associate Editor:
Meredith Woerner | Email

Assistant Editor:
Lauren Davis | Email

Weekend Editor:
Graeme McMillan | Email

Contributors:
Joshua Glenn
Stephen Goldmeier | Email
Ed Grabianowski | Email
Austin Grossman
Paul Hogan | Email
Lauren Davis | Email
Chris Hsiang | Email
Lynn Peril | Email
Ann VanderMeer
Alasdair Wilkins | Email

Graphic Designer:
Stephanie Fox | Email

Interns:
Tim Barribeau | Email
Julia Carusillo | Email
Alex Eichler | Email
Cyriaque Lamar | Email
Caitlin Petrakovitz | Email
Mary Ratliff | Email
Josh Snyder | Email

More:
io9 on Facebook
follow io9 on Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO io9 RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1428 Subscribers
io9
  • posts about #earthscience more →

    Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

    The Churning Heart of Hurricane Jimena

    The Supervolcano That's About to Shatter Yellowstone

    Scientists Explain How to Cause a Mass Extinction

    Where Tectonic Plates Meet in a Volcanic Pool

    Earth Systems Science Agency — To the Rescue!
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

    Proof that this rift was created by aliens. First there was the Face On Mars. Now, it's the Face On Earth.

    I did not do anything to the original image, other than rotate it. If I had even one artistic cell in my brain, I'd have outlined the two possible faces you can see on the picture.

    One is where the rift makes out the mouth and lips, the other is where the rift looks like eyes.

    Click on the picture for a full and better view.
     Reply
    Edited by Roklimber at 11/05/09 11:26 PM Roklimber was starred Roklimber was unstarred
    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Quick! Dispatch the Spice harvesters there before the worms come! #science
     Reply
    Post-Nuked was starred Post-Nuked was unstarred
    Image of Cal Hawks Cal Hawks
    11/05/09

    @Post-Nuked: You win, my friend.

    Also, am I the only one disappointed that it'll take 4 million years? I want a new ocean in my lifetime... I guess we need to get out shovels. #science
     Reply
    Post-Nuked promoted this comment Cal Hawks was starred Cal Hawks was unstarred
    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    11/06/09

    @Cal Hawks:
    Dude, I need a new ocean yesterday. I'll meet you there with a backhoe. #science
     Reply
    Post-Nuked was starred Post-Nuked was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Awwww! 4 million years? But I want it now! #science
     Reply
    Anekanta - Go Play! was starred Anekanta - Go Play! was unstarred
    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    To clarify things; this happened in an area known (or was formerly known, I haven't kept up) as the Great Rift Valley, which goes smack through Ethiopia, and has been known to be the boundary between two incipient plates for donkey's years... it's where, if memory serves, the Arabian plate is breaking into two and spreading apart. The cool thing here isn't that we never knew there could be a new ocean there; that's been known for a while. The cool thing is that something happened there in *four bloody days*, which is, and I quote a geologist friend, "goddamn fast."

    And, as long as I'm posting, if you want to read up on something ELSE that's amazing in geologic terms in Africa (albeit pretty much on the other side of the continent):

    [en.wikipedia.org] #science
     Reply
    capnrob was starred capnrob was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Shai hulud is going to be really upset with that new ocean. #science
     Reply
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    So that's where the Great Pit of Carkoon is... #science
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of strideo strideo
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Aww! I don't wanna wait 4 million years for a new sea in Africa. #science
     Reply
    strideo was starred strideo was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Eight years ago an evil genius bought up all that land and started building his machine..... #science
     Reply
    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:
    Where's Otisburgh located? #science
     Reply
    ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    Maybe I'm still groggy, but it looks bit like a vagina to me. #science
     Reply
    ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

    ... did you hear that? #science
     Reply
    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    So I guess now would be the time to buy some future-sea side property? My post-human descendents will thank me. #science
     Reply
    RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/05/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Curse you Lex Luthor! #science
     Reply
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    09/05/09

    In reply to The Churning Heart of Hurricane Jimena
    "Jimena still looked awe-inspiring even when it diminished to a tropical storm."

    Well, tropical storms are kind of awe-inspiring. Lotta energy in a system like that.
    -Kle.
     Reply
    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of thexpert thexpert
    09/04/09

    In reply to The Churning Heart of Hurricane Jimena
    How ho you pronounce the 'J' in Jimena?

    Jiminy Cricket or Hennifer Lopez?
     Reply
    Klebert L. Hall promoted this comment thexpert was starred thexpert was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    09/05/09

    @thexpert:
    The latter.
    -Kle.
     Reply
    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/04/09

    In reply to The Churning Heart of Hurricane Jimena
    love these kind of pictures
     Reply
    gorehound was starred gorehound was unstarred
    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    09/04/09

    In reply to The Churning Heart of Hurricane Jimena
    Actually, Jimena was a Category 4. There's speculation that it was briefly a 5, but it was never official. I think it dropped down to a 3 before it made landfall. And Southern California isn't getting any of that rain. Dammit.
     Reply
    Darklighter was starred Darklighter was unstarred
    Earlier threads | All threads | Show hidden threads | Show featured threads only | Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or io9 account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.