Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean


	Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

amgumen

11-3-2009 12:51 PM

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amgumen says:

The thinking is that the Red Sea will eventually pour into the new sea in a million years or so. The new ocean would connect to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, an arm of the Arabian Sea between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in eastern Africa.

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11-3-2009 3:33 PM

celestialdancer

fascinating thanks

11-5-2009 2:39 AM

chestnut501

amgumen, Here's a good hi res.

http://www.rochester.edu/news/photos/hi_res/hi511.jpg

11-5-2009 9:39 AM

denialll

Great, thanks, see also here

11-5-2009 9:53 AM

denialll

And here

11-5-2009 10:31 AM

denialll

Amgumen, you may be interested in these interesting facts of rapid geological processes.

11-5-2009 1:01 PM

amgumen

Thanks. Great stuff to add to my collection.

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