Kanada Kev Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 William, Here are a bunch more from that collection. I don't know if this is where you came across them in the first place: http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/04/dry-valleys-of-antarctica.html http://www.rosssea.info/landforms.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 You got it Pontiac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 No, I got an Oldsmobile (and a 20 beater of a BMW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 (edited) Steam rises under a forbidding sky, as lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano drains into the Indian Ocean. The 2,632 metres (8,635 feet) mount, on Reunion Island, has erupted three times this year. The latest phase began on 2 April. The island, a French territory, neighbours Mauritius. Edited April 11, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Heady Tree.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baj Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 man that is a cool pic, all the crystal kids at fests and shows would loose their shit up in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) WOW!!! I totally thought that was a photoshopped image. That is amazing: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070409-crystal-cave.html April 9, 2007—Geologist Juan Manuel GarcÃa-Ruiz calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it home. A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters). How did the crystals reach such superheroic proportions? In the new issue of the journal Geology, GarcÃa-Ruiz reports that for millennia the crystals thrived in the cave's extremely rare and stable natural environment. Temperatures hovered consistently around a steamy 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), and the cave was filled with mineral-rich water that drove the crystals' growth. Modern-day mining operations exposed the natural wonder by pumping water out of the 30-by-90-foot (10-by-30-meter) cave, which was found in 2000 near the town of Delicias (Chihuahua state map). Now GarcÃa-Ruiz is advising the mining company to preserve the caves. "There is no other place on the planet," GarcÃa-Ruiz said, "where the mineral world reveals itself in such beauty." The two brothers who discovered this Cave of Crystals "antechamber" dubbed it the Queen's Eye, because the opening leading to it resembled an eye. The cave is 950 feet (290 meters) underground. The Naica mining complex, which yields lead, zinc, copper, silver, and gold, zigzags nearly half a mile underground (760 meters). Deep inside Naica mountain, the Cave of Crystals is a horseshoe-shaped cavity in limestone rock about 30 feet (10 meters) wide and 90 feet (30 meters) long. Volcanic activity that began about 26 million years ago created Naica mountain and filled it with high-temperature anhydrite gypsum (giant shards of which are pictured above). When magma underneath the mountain cooled and the temperature dropped, the anhydrite began to dissolve. The anhydrite slowly enriched the waters with sulfate and calcium molecules, which for millions of years have been deposited in the caves in the form of huge selenite gypsum crystals. "There is no limit to the size a crystal can reach," geologist Juan Manuel GarcÃa-Ruiz said. Delicate as glass, the "megacrystals" require great humidity and a temperature of about 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) to maintain their current form. A special door has been constructed to seal off the Cave of Crystals from the rest of the mining complex, which is ventilated to keep it at a comparatively brisk 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius). Its walls studded with crystal "daggers," the 400-foot-deep (120-meter-deep) Cave of Swords is closer to the surface than the Cave of Crystals. While there are more crystals in the Cave of Swords, they are far smaller, typically about a yard (a meter) long. Their relative compactness is likely due to a rapid temperature decline, as opposed to the far more gradual change that is believed to have encouraged the megacrystals in the deeper cave. Thanks to the 13,200 gallons (55,000 liters) of water pumped out of the mine every minute, the acres surrounding the mountain have been rendered ready for farming—a rarity in Naica mountain's Chihuahuan Desert setting This same epic pumping operation makes it possible for humans to study the Cave of Crystals. If the pumping is stopped, the caves will again be submerged, and the crystals will start growing again. So what happens if—or when—the mine is closed? "Should we continue to pump water to keep the cave available so future generations may admire the crystals?" geologist Juan Manuel GarcÃa-Ruiz said. "Or should we stop pumping and return the scenario to the natural origin, allowing the crystals to regrow?" —Stefan Lovgren and Ted Chamberlain Edited April 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 let them re grow then pump it out a 1000yrs later see what we gots.. ha so cool, thanks for the extra info Kev, very interesting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsunshine Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Wow!! Doesn't even look real!So awesome!!Thanks Kanada Kev!I gotta send this to a few friends that are crystal freaks.. Hehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Thank the good Dr Evil Mouse for the original ... i just did a little research and reading on company time and added to the crystal wonder . Hey, your friends who are crystal freaks ... are they into Crystal Gayle or something??? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 who is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) Dolly Parton's sister. You may know her from such hits as:Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Edited April 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Don't mess with a croc!!! Story and vid here: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=44968&in_page_id=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Ew - yeah, I saw that one today on Pravda's site. I wonder if that guy's going to keep a framed picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bradm Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Courtesy of The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century, an example of what ads in comic books would be if they had to tell the truth: Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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