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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Science and Technology => Topic started by: blobrana on June 21, 2007, 03:36:20 PM
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Hum,
"Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water."
Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm)
If it were in Glasgow i could understand...
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blobrana wrote:
Hum,
"Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water."
Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm)
If it were in Glasgow i could understand...
Maybe someone threw a few J-cloths in there. They soak up a lot of fluid you know. ;-)
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One theory is that an earthquake opened up a fissure in the ground, allowing the lake's water to drain through.
I wonder what the other theory is :lol:
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/581570677_894610f67a_m.jpg)
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Latitude: -49.03302 ° , Longitude: -73.97728 °
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@blobrana
blobrana wrote:
Hum,
"Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water."
Read more
Hmmmmm - the two photos don't show the same area.
Look at the mountains in the background - they're completely different.
Maybe it's the same lake - but it's certainly a different location at this lake.
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Hum,
it seems that the correct position is further north of the image i posted, and at the end of this glacier in this image
Lake Tempanous (?)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/583638677_f16c4fa3d3_m.jpg)
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Longitude: -48.844047° Longitude: -74.141446°
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Perhaps the region was host to the worldwide annual meeting of the mangaloo eating society, who, having held a "how hot can you take yours?" contest subsequently quaffed it in its entirety.
If you find a hastily dug pit or other depression filled with what appears to be slowly cooling magma nearby, complete with a prevailing-wind-directed parabolic expanse of total biological extermination, you'll know for sure ;-)
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Hum,
i have managed to finally find it...
Latitude: -48.684390°, Longitude: -73.948605°
image (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/750264307_bb7a289653_o.jpg) (105kb, 560 x 435)
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:idea: Hmm If you've all noticed:-o shortly after that lake disappeared, The UK started getting all this rain Hmm makes you think? :roll: :laughing: :-o
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Obviously Doctor Who diverted all that water into some Black Hole.......
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cecilia wrote:
Obviously Doctor Who diverted all that water into some Black Hole.......
Nope, it was Hull (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6270236.stm). But most people are hard pressed to tell the difference ;-)
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Lake suddenly disappears in chili?
(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm244/motorollin/aorg/chilli.jpg)
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moto
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Aye crumba!
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motorollin wrote:
Lake suddenly disappears in chili?
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moto
I'm trying really hard not to see a pair of grabbing-hand shaped stone outcrops either side of that...
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I can't see any fingers floating it it so we can discount Wendy's as a possible source.
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Karlos wrote:
motorollin wrote:
Lake suddenly disappears in chili?
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moto
I'm trying really hard not to see a pair of grabbing-hand shaped stone outcrops either side of that...
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha