[blam]

I used to live on the Atlantic coast, half-way down Florida (Melbourne). I often had African orange dust on my car.

I think this may be a bigger story related to the dust.

Bahamas Creation Linked to African Dust

Cyanobacteria fed by nutrients carried over the Atlantic in African dust may have initiated the process by which, over millions of years, calcium carbonate collected to build the Bahamas.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, everyone knows the Bahamas are the former hills of Atlantis. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Ooooh, heeeeyyyy, this was linked on that page, I’m going to post it:

Oil-Eating Microbes Have Worldwide Underground Connections
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/oil-eating-microbes-have-worldwide-underground-connections/