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IronLionZion

(50,511 posts)
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:52 PM Nov 21

Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents



This was interesting to watch. I've seen news articles on this. The video provides powerful visuals.
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Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents (Original Post) IronLionZion Nov 21 OP
1+ Norrrm Nov 21 #1
Excellent! EarthAbides Nov 21 #2
K & R Very interesting! FakeNoose Nov 21 #3
East African Rift IronLionZion Nov 21 #4
My current research is focused on this region. cab67 Nov 21 #5
Thanks for posting - fascinating PatSeg Nov 21 #6
Tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years from now. The blink-of-an-eye... QueerDuck Nov 21 #7
Hmmm AverageOldGuy Nov 21 #8
I once flew over the Danakil Depression at the head of the Rift Zorro Nov 21 #9
As a covered pot boils faster, I'm wondering if global warming has an effect on volcanic activity? Uncle Joe Nov 21 #10
That sounded intriguing so I googled. IronLionZion Nov 21 #13
Very powerful video -- byronius Nov 21 #11
Really Fascinating mgardener Nov 21 #12
Found this site....interesting what the earth looked like when Dinosaurs lived NowsTheTime Nov 22 #14
Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: "Like a sudden bomb" Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 24 #15
That looks apocalyptic IronLionZion Nov 24 #16

FakeNoose

(39,737 posts)
3. K & R Very interesting!
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 03:21 PM
Nov 21

My sister spent 2 years in Kenya as a Peace Corps volunteer. I believe she was there a few years before 2005 when these "cracks" started happening.

cab67

(3,552 posts)
5. My current research is focused on this region.
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 04:30 PM
Nov 21

The fossil record of crocodiles in the Rift Valley is magnificent.

QueerDuck

(725 posts)
7. Tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years from now. The blink-of-an-eye...
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:04 PM
Nov 21

in geological terms. --- This was a great video. Thanks for sharing it.

AverageOldGuy

(3,215 posts)
8. Hmmm
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:14 PM
Nov 21

What's the chance of Mar-A-Lago splitting off into the Gulf of Mexico and sinking? On the weekend, of course.

Zorro

(18,263 posts)
9. I once flew over the Danakil Depression at the head of the Rift
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:37 PM
Nov 21

It was a landscape of weirdly colored green pools of water surrounded by orange and sulfurous yellow rocks and salt pans. It's a sight unlike anything I'd ever seen before or since.

Uncle Joe

(63,844 posts)
10. As a covered pot boils faster, I'm wondering if global warming has an effect on volcanic activity?
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:57 PM
Nov 21

Thanks for the thread IronLionZion

byronius

(7,876 posts)
11. Very powerful video --
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 06:09 PM
Nov 21

— reminding us that massive change always lurks ahead.

Thanks for this post!

NowsTheTime

(1,236 posts)
14. Found this site....interesting what the earth looked like when Dinosaurs lived
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 08:51 AM
Nov 22

"Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era, which lasted from about 252 to 66 million years ago"

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#150

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(131,594 posts)
15. Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: "Like a sudden bomb"
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:31 PM
Nov 24

A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) said.

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia's Afar region about 500 miles northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours.

The volcano, which rises about 1,500 feet yards in altitude, sits within the Rift Valley, a zone of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.

Ash clouds from the volcano drifted over Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, said the VAAC, which posted a map of the path of the ash cloud.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/volcano-erupts-first-time-12-170053984.html

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