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Title: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Askold on June 13, 2014, 03:17:05 am
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25723-massive-ocean-discovered-towards-earths-core.html#.U5qks7EuFXl

...Wow.

This better not be a prank because this sounds really cool.

Not that I can think of a practical application for it, but it is still really, REALLY cool. ...Even if the water isn't just sloshing around and is in fact inside rocks.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: MadCatTLX on June 13, 2014, 03:47:43 am
My first thoughts on this are that all the YECs are going to use this as proof of "the flood" and the existence of a 12 mile thick pre flood firmament. Yes, the concept and the actual use of the word "firmament" is still very alive and well with chucklefucks like Carl Baugh.

I've been hearing too much shit about damn "flood geology" recently.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Shano on June 13, 2014, 10:01:37 am
Title is misleading. There is no ocean. There is large amount of rock with reasonable water content.

Edit: As a reminder here is how much water there really is on the surface of the earth relative to the volume of the Earth. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/waterlessearth_woodshole_950.jpg (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/waterlessearth_woodshole_950.jpg)
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 13, 2014, 10:20:42 am
Title is misleading. There is no ocean. There is large amount of rock with reasonable water content.

Edit: As a reminder here is how much water there really is on the surface of the earth relative to the volume of the Earth. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/waterlessearth_woodshole_950.jpg (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/waterlessearth_woodshole_950.jpg)

(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/waterlessearth_woodshole_950.jpg)
I'm not surprised.  After all, an apple peel is thicker in comparison to the rest of the apple than the Earth's crust is to the planet.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Askold on June 13, 2014, 11:09:13 am
They wanted a word that means "massive amount of water."

Ocean is the closest thing they thought of and they did put it in quotation marks since it was a bit more complicated. I guess I should have done the same.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: SpaceProg on June 13, 2014, 11:52:27 am
We have found Maridia. 


If nobody gets that reference, I'm going to feel so old...
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: solar. on June 13, 2014, 12:00:25 pm
We have found Maridia. 


If nobody gets that reference, I'm going to feel so old...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96venBS7P8
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: SpaceProg on June 13, 2014, 02:07:34 pm
^Woohoo!

The music in that game is so awesome...
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: solar. on June 13, 2014, 03:04:08 pm
I know, right?
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Old Viking on June 13, 2014, 04:30:50 pm
Does it count as water if it's inside rocks?
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 13, 2014, 04:31:59 pm
Does it count as water if it's inside rocks?

Uh...

Yes.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2014, 07:39:01 pm
Does it count as water if it's inside rocks?
Normally your comments are quite witty.

This one, however, just makes you looks like a moron.
Title: Re: Massive underground ocean discovered!
Post by: Old Viking on June 14, 2014, 05:08:50 pm
@Art: life is tough when you take everything literally.