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Posted on 06/10/2015 9:29:56 AM PDT by fishtank
New South Pacific island shows fast-forming geology
By Phil Robinson
Published: 9 June 2015 (GMT+10)
Volcanic activity from a submarine vent of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano has recently created a new island 55 km (35 miles) off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean. The new island was formed as a result of a six-week eruption which officially ended on 26 January 2015. As a result of erupted magma and vast plumes of ash, which reached heights of up to 9,000 m (30,000 ft),1 the as yet unnamed cone-shaped island was formed spanning about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) by 1.4 km (0.9 miles) and reaching an impressive 100 m (330 ft) above sea level.2 As the island grew rapidly it joined onto a smaller neighbouring island, Hunga Ha’apai, and stopped about 60 m (200 ft) short of connecting to a second island, Hunga Tonga, both of which have had their flora and fauna devastated by the eruption.
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The ideal spot for the Obama presidential library.
CHINA CAN ALSO DO THIS.
Since this new island is coming up from the sea floor, it should be displacing thousands of cubic feet of sea water. Where will this sea water go? I can only expect that it will go “up” as in causing the oceans to rise.
Thus we need to have a new environmental program to prevent the planet from creating new islands in the oceans.
Obama will sign and EO and stop this.
Hunga Tonga-Hunga.
Nothin’. I just like saying it.
Hunga Tonga-Hunga.
You see what happens when we use fracking and don’t take global warming seriously!
The Obunga Hunga Tonga Library! Awesome!
dammit now you got me doing it...
Hunga tonga hunga!!!!
I’m changing my tagline ...
How soon before China claims it as part of China?
I call dibbs on the new island.
Genesis is island forbidden.....
Obama should do what King Canute did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_waves
DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY!!! IT WILL SAVE THE POLAR BEARS FLOATING ON ICEBERGS!!!
Ah, but Canute was demonstrating his piety by proving it couldn't be done. I can't imagine your president O'Bumhole doing that!
Elvis has left the building!
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In the short period of terror during the formation of this island the geological activity was rapid. During Noah’s Flood, however, there would not be many, if any, long periods of boredom. This new island demonstrates that what is observed is consistent with biblical history and timescales but does nothing to support the notion of millions of years.
Huh, what? I'm missing the part about volcanos in the Flood. Even when I put my YE creationist hat on, I cannot responsibly connect the natural process of volcanic eruption and island formation with the Flood narrative. How does it support that? Is the author arguing that because volcanoes can erupt in the sea and create new islands in a short time frame then this is proof of the Flood?
Or is he arguing that since this happened over a short time then the earth cannot be older than 6000 years? I don't think there is any OE creationist or even atheist who would argue that because some catastrophic processes happen in short time frames it therefore follows that no processes happen over long time frames.
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