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Title: Antarctic Glacier Has Five-story Blood-red Waterfall of Primordial Ooze
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URL Source: http://www.good.is/post/science-rul ... l-of-primodial-ooze/?GT1=48001
Published: Mar 8, 2010
Author: Patrick James
Post Date: 2010-03-08 16:44:36 by Ferret
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Views: 471
Comments: 19
Roughly 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist without heat, light, or oxygen, and are essentially the definition of "primordial ooze." The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the waterfall its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within. One takeaway here is that life possible in extreme conditions. That said, in the absence of ideal conditions, life can evolve without begetting plants or birds or cuddly mammals or sentient beings who write blogs on the internet; it just begets a glob of ooze. Read more: http://www.good.is/post/science-rules-antarctic-glacier-has-five-story-blood-red-waterfall-of-primodial-ooze/?GT1=48001#ixzz0hcjcwrNS
There is a five-story, blood-red waterfall pouring slowly from the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valley. Its back story, at Atlas Obscura, is simply remarkable:
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#1. To: Ferret (#0)
Another one is that global warming phenomena is breaking up the glaciers even to the depths of these subterranean cavities.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
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It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not. - Tommy The Mad Artist.
Another one is that global warming phenomena is breaking up the glaciers even to the depths of these subterranean cavities. I guess that's why all of Shasta's Glaciers are growing and the ice caps have increased their thickness back to early '70's levels. "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Same old website .... same old BS. Have you tried Newsmax.com yet?
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Yeah, to hear you and Al Gore tell it. But most people aren't buying what you and Al are selling.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Oh yeah ... equate me with Al Gore .... thanks a bunch. Still, what on Earth is opening cavities down thousands of feet in subterranean pockets within Antarctica? Do you think the phenomenal cause may be ascribed as: Tiny Tim's "Tip Toe through the Tulips" famous melody or Walt Disney's incredible Tinker Bell? There aren't a lot of other options, you know.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Natural forces at work. Nothing to do with Tiny Tim or Tinker Bell.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Everything about life around us is "natural" including the ignition of a man made thermonuclear warhead. You have effectively said nothing.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Well, I defer to your expertise since you are a world-renowned expert at saying nothing.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. That one made me laugh out loud...heartily I will add.
Hey bud. Glad you liked it. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Interesting.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." LOL Smart ass. I look forward to the day when that running gag dies.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." Why? Are you aware I saved thousands today at GEICO, too?
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Stop confusing the issue with facts!
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." So easy even a cave man can do it.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." I swear, farmfriend .... I am a living breathing caveman. And mere laws do not direct my actions.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Isn't it? Not that any man has faced something like another person like this glacier. Someone large, cold and in the middle of their monthly.... ...Probably could be trouble if I finished that, right?
I resemble that remark. "With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." One takeaway here is that life possible in extreme conditions.
#2. To: Ferret (#0)
#3. To: buckeroo (#1)
One takeaway here is that life possible in extreme conditions.
Majority of World's Glaciers Growing
#4. To: Original_Intent (#3)
#5. To: buckeroo (#1)
Another one is that global warming phenomena is breaking up the glaciers even to the depths of these subterranean cavities.
Lord Acton
#6. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
#7. To: buckeroo (#6)
Lord Acton
#8. To: James Deffenbach (#7)
Natural forces at work.
#9. To: buckeroo (#8)
You have effectively said nothing.
Lord Acton
#10. To: James Deffenbach (#9)
LOL
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#11. To: Rotara (#10)
Lord Acton
#12. To: Ferret (#0)
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#13. To: buckeroo, Original_Intent (#4)
Same old website .... same old BS. Have you tried Newsmax.com yet?
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#14. To: farmfriend (#13)
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#15. To: Original_Intent (#3)
I guess that's why all of Shasta's Glaciers are growing and the ice caps have increased their thickness back to early '70's levels.
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#16. To: buckeroo (#14)
Are you aware I saved thousands today at GEICO, too?
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
#17. To: farmfriend (#16)
#18. To: farmfriend (#12)
(Edited)
#19. To: Ferret (#18)
Someone large, cold and in the middle of their monthly....
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
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