October 01, 2008

Birth of an Ocean: How It Works. Africa is splitting apart at the seam, making way for a new ocean. [Via]
posted by homunculus 15 years ago
  • mmm...tectonic plate porn...drool. this is really cool, thanks for the post 'munc
  • I bet Lex Luthor's at the bottom of this.
  • Fascinating! For those interested in the long history of this sort of thing I'd like to point out the quicktime/AVI animations on this page. They're extra cool if you have a player with slow motion. Ever see video of a glob of water in zero gravity? I like to image earth as a giant undulating bead of liquid iron, with an outer layer of water to cool and harden the surface ;)