Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents

[IronLionZion]

This was interesting to watch. I've seen news articles on this. The video provides powerful visuals.

[Norrrm]

1. 1+

[EarthAbides]

2. Excellent!

Thank you for that!

[FakeNoose]

3. K & R Very interesting!

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.

[IronLionZion]

4. East African Rift

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Rift

[cab67]

5. My current research is focused on this region.

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

[PatSeg]

6. Thanks for posting - fascinating

[QueerDuck]

7. Tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years from now. The blink-of-an-eye...

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

[AverageOldGuy]

8. Hmmm

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

[Zorro]

9. I once flew over the Danakil Depression at the head of the Rift

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]

10. As a covered pot boils faster, I'm wondering if global warming has an effect on volcanic activity?

Thanks for the thread IronLionZion

[IronLionZion]

13. That sounded intriguing so I googled.

Yes, it can. Rising sea levels can increase pressure on underwater magma chambers

https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/planet/climate-change-will-also-have-an-impact-on-volcanic-eruptions/

[byronius]

11. Very powerful video --

— reminding us that massive change always lurks ahead.

Thanks for this post!

[mgardener]

12. Really Fascinating

Thanks!

[NowsTheTime]

14. Found this site....interesting what the earth looked like when Dinosaurs lived

"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]

15. Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: "Like a sudden bomb"

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

[IronLionZion]

16. That looks apocalyptic

maybe the world is ending

[VGNonly]

17. The restless earth in the last few days.

A 7.0 earthquake along the Canadian and Alaska border.
A 7.5 quake in Japan with tsunami warnings.
A 1,000 lava fountain in Hawaii.

[IronLionZion]

18. Maybe our planet will kill us before we can kill it