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No rain for 2 million years in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

14-05-2005 10:37pm

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No rain for 2 million years in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

They have looked at the sand grains underneath, and no evidence of exposure to water in 2 million years, except in one of the valleys that has a lake.

Seen it on TV too. And here is the werid bit - there was a dead seal there !

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Rock/Dry_Valleys.html

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#2 15-05-2005 6:59am

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Pretty Interesting.

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