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    Image of Mav Mav
    11/07/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    "See that? Its the Great Atlantic Smog Storm. It's been going twenty years. We get newsflashes when its safe to go and breathe outside."

    .< #science
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    this photo contradicts the image that china wishes to project to the world. therefore you are now an international terrorist. good luck! #science
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    With 1.3 billion people, if China didn't have measures to curtail population growth, they would soon evolve into a new species of humans, capable of breathing all that pollution.

    Think about it: human evolution on time scales that we can observe. Take that, creationists! #science
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09


    @Roklimber: The product of his own mad science gone awry, this hideous "glow-in-dark" villain loves radioactivity. Able to control his body's radiation, the Duke uses it to intimidate his enemies into submission. Other characters must wear protective suits if they are going to spend a lot of time around him.
    The Duke consumes radiation to make himself more powerful and must "recharge" himself periodically by exposing his body to massive doses of radiation. His long-term plan is to turn the world into a radioactive wasteland where he and his kind will thrive. Until then, he bides his time, hoping to set off a chain reaction here and there - maybe even a nuclear war.
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    Image of Janglesatwest Janglesatwest
    11/06/09

    @Roklimber: So China would have a version of the Dominion Tank Police? Cool. #science
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    Image of DraconisXC DraconisXC
    11/06/09

    In reply to Portrait of a Polluted Land
    If you look closely, you can see a battalion of Baatezu near the Yellow Sea.

    [en.wikipedia.org] #science
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    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
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    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
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    Image of leeflower leeflower
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    that's no rift.... it's a sarlaac pit! #science
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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    And they scoffed at me when I said dropping the Ring in there was a bad idea. #science
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    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
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    Image of bishop1j bishop1j
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    And here I thought the Rift was in Cardiff #science
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    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
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    11/05/09

    In reply to Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
    4 millions? I prefer to buy land now and then trow a megabomb on the hole and have land by sea easy like that. I just need some kryptonite to keep Superman to going back in time to stop the big boom. #science
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    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
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