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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 53475" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/underwatergapeuropeus.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>Incredible Underwater Photos Show </strong></span></a></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Gap Between Europe And United States Is Widening!</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">19 June, 2012</span></span></p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Incredible underwater images clearly show the gap between Europe and United States is widening! </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> To see how the tectonic plates are moving apart, one has to be prepared for some extreme diving. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> This amazing underwater journey shows some of the inevitable changes on our planet. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> We also take a look into the future to better understand how these tectonic movements will shape our continents. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> The Silfra Rift, Thingvellir Lake, National Park Thingvellir, Iceland is a dream site for divers. Not only is the visibility excellent, but this is also the place where the continental plates meet and drift apart. Diving here is an underwater experience few will forget. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> <a href="http://www.amustard.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Dr. Alexander Mustard</strong></a>, underwater photographer, marine biologist and author have dived 80 feet into the crevice between North America and Eurasia to reveal the stunning landscape. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> "The photos show diving in the unique underwater world of Iceland which, like on land, is formed by the volcanic landscape of the country. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> Many people visit Iceland to see these features on land but they also continue underwater. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>The place is called Silfra Crack and is in Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. </em></p><p><em>Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard</em></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>The tectonic plates are pulling apart at about one inch per year.</em></p><p><em>Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">For a scuba diver these are spectacular places to visit - being able to fly through the clear water and explore the fault lines in three dimensions. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>Alexander Mustard took his first pictures underwater at the age of nine. Today, he is widely regarded as one of the most creative underwater photographers, whose works is admired and respected around the world. The British-born photographer took the images where the area is is riddled with faults, valleys, volcanoes and hot springs, caused by the plates pulling apart at about an inch per year. Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard </em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> I have dived all around the world and this is almost certainly the clearest water I have ever been in. Many people have an experience of vertigo from the sheer walls and clear water, " Alexander Mustard said.</span></span></p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>The canyons Silfra, Nes and Nikulasargja, are up to 200ft deep. Image credit & copyright: </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>Alexander Mustard</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> The National Park Thingvellir has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO, both for its cultural & historical significance as well as natural & geological uniqueness. </span></span></p><p> </p><p>[media=youtube]uGcDed4xVD4[/media]</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> Earth's landmasses were not always what they are today. Continents formed as Earth's crustal plates shifted and collided over long periods of time. This video shows how today's continents are thought to have evolved over the last 600 million years, and where they'll end up in the next 100 million years. Paleogeographic Views of Earth's History provided by Ron Blakey, Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> The Earth is going to be a very different place 250 million years from now. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> Africa is going to smash into Europe as Australia migrates north to merge with Asia. Meanwhile the Atlantic Ocean will probably widen for a spell before it reverses course and later disappears.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><em>A map of the world as it might appear 250 million years from now. Notice the clumping of most of the world's landmass into one super-continent, "Pangea Ultima," with an inland sea -- all that's left of the once-mighty Atlantic Ocean. Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Scotese.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">"We don't really know the future, obviously," Scotese said. "All we can do is make predictions of how plate motions will continue, what new things might happen, and where it will all end up." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> Among those predictions: Africa is likely to continue its northern migration, pinching the Mediterranean closed and driving up a Himalayan-scale mountain range in southern Europe. </span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>T<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">he possible appearance of the Earth 50 million years from now. Africa has collided with Europe, closing off the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic has widened, and Australia has migrated north. </span></span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ffffff"><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Scotese.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">Africa has been slowly colliding with Europe for millions of years, Scotese said. "Italy, Greece and almost everything in the Mediterranean is part of (the African plate), and it has been colliding with Europe for the last 40 million years." </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">That collision has pushed up the Alps and the Pyrenees mountains, and is responsible for earthquakes that occasionally strike Greece and Turkey, Scotese noted.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Australia is also likely to merge with the Eurasian continent.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">"Australia is moving north, and is already colliding with the southern islands of Southeast Asia," he continued.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff">"If we project that motion, the left shoulder of Australia gets caught, and then Australia rotates and collides against Borneo and south China -- sort of like India collided 50 million years ago -- and gets added to Asia." </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff"> Meanwhile, the Americas will be moving further away from Africa and Europe as the Atlantic Ocean steadily grows. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff"> The Atlantic sea floor is split from north to south by an underwater mountain ridge where new rock material flows up from Earth's interior. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff"> The two halves of the sea floor slowly spread apart as the ridge is filled with the new material, causing the Atlantic to widen. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #ffffff"> The world in the distant future will look entirely different... </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 53475, member: 13"] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL='http://www.messagetoeagle.com/underwatergapeuropeus.php'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]Incredible Underwater Photos Show [/B][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B]Gap Between Europe And United States Is Widening![/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]19 June, 2012[/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]Incredible underwater images clearly show the gap between Europe and United States is widening! [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] To see how the tectonic plates are moving apart, one has to be prepared for some extreme diving. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] This amazing underwater journey shows some of the inevitable changes on our planet. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] We also take a look into the future to better understand how these tectonic movements will shape our continents. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] The Silfra Rift, Thingvellir Lake, National Park Thingvellir, Iceland is a dream site for divers. Not only is the visibility excellent, but this is also the place where the continental plates meet and drift apart. Diving here is an underwater experience few will forget. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] [URL='http://www.amustard.com/'][B]Dr. Alexander Mustard[/B][/URL], underwater photographer, marine biologist and author have dived 80 feet into the crevice between North America and Eurasia to reveal the stunning landscape. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] "The photos show diving in the unique underwater world of Iceland which, like on land, is formed by the volcanic landscape of the country. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] Many people visit Iceland to see these features on land but they also continue underwater. [/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus.jpg[/IMG] [I]The place is called Silfra Crack and is in Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. [/I] [I]Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard[/I] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus2.jpg[/IMG] [I]The tectonic plates are pulling apart at about one inch per year.[/I] [I]Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard[/I] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]For a scuba diver these are spectacular places to visit - being able to fly through the clear water and explore the fault lines in three dimensions. [/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus3.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][I]Alexander Mustard took his first pictures underwater at the age of nine. Today, he is widely regarded as one of the most creative underwater photographers, whose works is admired and respected around the world. The British-born photographer took the images where the area is is riddled with faults, valleys, volcanoes and hot springs, caused by the plates pulling apart at about an inch per year. Image credit & copyright: Alexander Mustard [/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] I have dived all around the world and this is almost certainly the clearest water I have ever been in. Many people have an experience of vertigo from the sheer walls and clear water, " Alexander Mustard said.[/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus4.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][I]The canyons Silfra, Nes and Nikulasargja, are up to 200ft deep. Image credit & copyright: [/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][I]Alexander Mustard[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] The National Park Thingvellir has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO, both for its cultural & historical significance as well as natural & geological uniqueness. [/FONT][/SIZE] [media=youtube]uGcDed4xVD4[/media] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] Earth's landmasses were not always what they are today. Continents formed as Earth's crustal plates shifted and collided over long periods of time. This video shows how today's continents are thought to have evolved over the last 600 million years, and where they'll end up in the next 100 million years. Paleogeographic Views of Earth's History provided by Ron Blakey, Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] The Earth is going to be a very different place 250 million years from now. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] Africa is going to smash into Europe as Australia migrates north to merge with Asia. Meanwhile the Atlantic Ocean will probably widen for a spell before it reverses course and later disappears.[/FONT][/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/gapeuus5.jpg[/IMG] [LEFT][SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][I]A map of the world as it might appear 250 million years from now. Notice the clumping of most of the world's landmass into one super-continent, "Pangea Ultima," with an inland sea -- all that's left of the once-mighty Atlantic Ocean. Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Scotese.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]"We don't really know the future, obviously," Scotese said. "All we can do is make predictions of how plate motions will continue, what new things might happen, and where it will all end up." [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman] Among those predictions: Africa is likely to continue its northern migration, pinching the Mediterranean closed and driving up a Himalayan-scale mountain range in southern Europe. [/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][COLOR=#ffffff][I]T[SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]he possible appearance of the Earth 50 million years from now. Africa has collided with Europe, closing off the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic has widened, and Australia has migrated north. [/FONT][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ffffff][I][SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Scotese.[/FONT][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT] [/LEFT] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]Africa has been slowly colliding with Europe for millions of years, Scotese said. "Italy, Greece and almost everything in the Mediterranean is part of (the African plate), and it has been colliding with Europe for the last 40 million years." [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]That collision has pushed up the Alps and the Pyrenees mountains, and is responsible for earthquakes that occasionally strike Greece and Turkey, Scotese noted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]Australia is also likely to merge with the Eurasian continent.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]"Australia is moving north, and is already colliding with the southern islands of Southeast Asia," he continued.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff]"If we project that motion, the left shoulder of Australia gets caught, and then Australia rotates and collides against Borneo and south China -- sort of like India collided 50 million years ago -- and gets added to Asia." [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff] Meanwhile, the Americas will be moving further away from Africa and Europe as the Atlantic Ocean steadily grows. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff] The Atlantic sea floor is split from north to south by an underwater mountain ridge where new rock material flows up from Earth's interior. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff] The two halves of the sea floor slowly spread apart as the ridge is filled with the new material, causing the Atlantic to widen. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman][COLOR=#ffffff] The world in the distant future will look entirely different... [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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