A rock called serpentinite is exposed at the surface
A rock called serpentinite is exposed at the surface
Must have been catastrophic.
Anyone hazard a guess as to how long it will be before brother Al yells: “Global Warming!” Women, minorities and tectonic plates hit hardest.
If I recall from my hiking days in the Sierra Nevada, serpentine is actually pretty common, which, if this article is not an academic scam, would mean that this event is only interesting because it is happening now rather than in the past. The good doctor can observe serpentine being made, rather than having to infer how it came to be by extracting it from native rock.
I say ‘common’ because a friend of mine had a pipe made from serpentine he personally found on a hiking trip. It’s a pretty nifty looking rock, too.
One last criticism: what is the shape of this ‘hole’? From the text I tend to infer that it is more of a ‘gash’ than a ‘hole’. And yes, I understand that ‘hole in the earth’ is a much more effective phrasing, if you want people to look and not instantly be offended.
OTOH, this came from the BBC, which to me is only slightly more credible than the NYT. How sadly have the great fallen.
Thank goodness this happens near the equator./sarc off
Hollow earth theorists indubitably will regard the centrifugal forces as holding back the ocean’s volumes from draining into Hell itself, but then again what keeps the demons from getting out?
I guess Al Gore can sumise the draining of the ocenas is making up for the melting icecaps not flooding the coastlines.
So many questions, so little time....
Nice...make a good counter top.
So in effect, the earth has a hernia?
Seems to me we’d have had some significant earthquakes, mebbe tidal waves etc.
Scientists are ‘probing’ Earth’s hole...
Is that what they want to call it now?
:-P
I was a kid when the first came out in 1959. It starred Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl and James Mason. It was nominated for 3 Academy Awards! they entered in an extinct volcano in Iceland, (which is a Northern portion of Mid Atlantic Rift!) and exited through Mount Vesuvius where they stopped off for some Pizza!
I'm a Jules Verne afficiando and can't wait for this new film.
Al Gore’s hemorrhoid
Check Hillary's pantsuit.
Uh, oh, Mormons! The oceans gonna flow into the hole!
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Dialation has just begun.
Stay tuned for the Gaia freak show.
Soon a new world will be extruded!