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Krauter
02-01-12, 09:35 AM
After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn***8217;t been touched by light for more than 20***8201;million years.



Just thought this was pretty cool :)
MH
02-01-12, 10:00 AM
Yep

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August
02-01-12, 11:29 AM
I wonder what they'll find. Hopefully not some horrible virus...
Rockstar
02-01-12, 11:39 AM
THE THING!
u crank
02-01-12, 12:15 PM
Hollywood is NEVER wrong!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GT59zmF_Oo
Krauter
02-01-12, 12:51 PM
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDhD6_TW5KQgMNFaGGfPFu87JtVDX2--55boEH9Fzxyr2xbNFwJtRZWtMeOQ
August
02-01-12, 01:12 PM
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDhD6_TW5KQgMNFaGGfPFu87JtVDX2--55boEH9Fzxyr2xbNFwJtRZWtMeOQ

I don't think if anything does come out of that lake it will be that big, but it could be far more deadly.
Krauter
02-01-12, 01:47 PM
Agreed, probably some form of toxic gas if anything. Although it would be cool to see if there are any animals which have adapted differently to live in the lake.
Rockstar
02-01-12, 02:17 PM
Agreed, probably some form of toxic gas if anything. Although it would be cool to see if there are any animals which have adapted differently to live in the lake.

Could be deadly extra terrestrial bacteria from early meteor strikes millions of years ago and entombed in polar ice. Until now :o

Go to MOPP level 4!
TLAM Strike
02-01-12, 02:30 PM
The test run for Europa's icy shores. :rock:
kraznyi_oktjabr
02-01-12, 03:51 PM
Could be deadly extra terrestrial bacteria from early meteor strikes millions of years ago and entombed in polar ice. Until now :o

Go to MOPP level 4!It wouldn't even be necessary to be extraterrestial. Readily contagious bacteria or virus against which humans don't have natural defence would be enough. In today's globalized world where people travel around the globe we could have pandemia within weeks. :o

...or then its just big pond of hydrogen-dioxide and other elements.
magicstix
02-01-12, 07:22 PM
There's actually a group of doomsdayers saying the lake is under pressure and will shoot out and mess up the climate and stuff, as if there weren't already enough things in 2012 that could end the world...
Garion
02-01-12, 08:18 PM
We're doomed

DOOMED I tell YOO!

I am deep in my cups, can yoo tell :woot:

Cheers

Garion
u crank
02-02-12, 09:01 AM
[QUOTE=Garion;1831425]We're doomed

DOOMED I tell YOO!

I am deep in my cups, can yoo tell :woot:

Cheers

Garion[/Q

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Another round barkeep, please. :()1:
August
02-03-12, 12:36 AM
You guys laugh but they have not heard from the Russian team for 5 days now. :o

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/?intcmp=features


:DL
TLAM Strike
02-03-12, 12:49 AM
You guys laugh but they have not heard from the Russian team for 5 days now. :o

Their equipment was made by the same people who made Phobos-Grunt... :O: