Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent splitting in two

Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by _rpd on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:41PM (#16757632)

This well known process, which will play out over tens of millions of years, appears to be receiving media attention because ...

> A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. The tear, which continues to grow, caused part of the Nairobi-Narok highway to collapse and was accompanied by seismic activity in the area.

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by TomK32 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:46PM (#16758289)

No-one's allowing East-Africa its 15 million years of fame...

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by mirimir on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @09:53PM (#16761138)

There was a previous flurry of media attention about the extreme geology in Djibouti and Ethiopia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/02/travelnews.tra...

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by Finnucane on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @08:49PM (#16760798)

I am imagining the copywriter fighting the urge to say "there's a rift in the Rift."

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by pxndx on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:46PM (#16758282)

That's literally the title of the article.

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by _rpd on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:38PM (#16758808)

If it hadn't gone through the highway, I doubt there would have been the flurry of "Africa splitting in two!" articles.

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