<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/45e9b2f3-c7dc-4f69-b439-6799e8e3a86a/3657AB56-9A16-4236-8D0D-4595F628C7C7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html" href="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html" style="font-size: 11px;">deputy-dog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/A689B52F-DBAA-4AE7-84C5-1CE03FB239E1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html"><DIV> see the diagonal line that runs through the orchard in the incredible photo above? that's the <A href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2948948505_f70d7c40a9_o.jpg">san andreas fault</A> - a point where the edges of 2 <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics">tectonic plates</A> meet - producing a visible displacement amongst the rows of trees. when they were planted years ago the rows were straight, but as the 2 ginormous land masses moved in opposite directions and rubbed against each other over the years the orchard was split. the top half of the field sits on the pacific plate, the bottom half on the north american plate. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/E1DA07C5-3D7C-4429-8EE4-91A70FE45566" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/10/5-enormous-cracks.html"><DIV> above: here's another fault line. it's called álfagjá rift valley and can be found in reykjanes, iceland. at one point along the rift the two plates (eurasian and north american), have been connected by the miðlína bridge, seen in the photo. on the left: eurasia, on the right: north america.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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