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	Ocean Shows Up In The Middle of Africa

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10-3-2008 2:05 AM

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<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/8a70fdb5-279a-4705-a3b4-3a4260f38450/88F222BF-5684-4350-A981-5F68C1800861/" 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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa" href="http://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa" style="font-size: 11px;">io9.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/93FDD33E-4346-4CFB-8F8A-2C0134AC5CF6" 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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">At the same time as Paraguay <A href="http://io9.com/5056975/feeling-toasty-yet-you-will-soon" linkindex="53" set="yes">is drying up</A>, Africa is ripping open, a slow process that will result in the emergence of a whole new ocean, according to <I>Scientific American</I>.</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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">The rip you see above can't be resewn — as Eitan Haddock's photographs <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=birth-of-an-ocean-how-it-works" linkindex="54" set="yes">document</A>. </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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">Last year, scientists watched an 8 meter rip in the earth <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4512244.stm" linkindex="55" set="yes">appear in only three weeks</A>.</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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">Change is nothing new for this part of the world: researchers recently revealed that the Sahara was <A href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930081357.htm" linkindex="56" set="yes">entirely covered in vegetation</A> at many points during the last 120,000 years.</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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">Watch an ocean appear before your disbelieving eyes, after the jump.</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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/9B357731-37B7-4D5E-92DE-67E53EA511B4" 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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">This is lava from <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale" linkindex="57">Erta Ale</A>, an active shield volcano in the East African Rift. </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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa">You can view the full breakdown of how an ocean is born <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=birth-of-an-ocean-how-it-works" linkindex="58" set="yes">here</A>, with more stunning photography from Haddock.</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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/io9.com/img/D2499804-225E-471F-9A86-936BF6AE3188" 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://io9.com/5057003/ocean-shows-up-in-the-middle-of-africa"><P>Birth of an Ocean: How It Works [<A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=birth-of-an-ocean-how-it-works" linkindex="59">Scientific American</A>]
Scientists Witness 'Ocean Birth' [<A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4512244.stm" linkindex="60">BBC News</A>]</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/88F222BF-5684-4350-A981-5F68C1800861/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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