Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
An American professor and expert of the Antarctic said he believes contact with a team of Russian scientists that has not made contact with colleagues in the U.S for seven days has merely been busy as they drill into a lake buried beneath the Antarctic ice for 20 million years. Professor John Priscu told usnews.com in an email that the crews have been working ‘round the clock’ to beat the end of Antarctic summer, which ends Tuesday. Afterwards, temperatures will fall to deadly levels.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
<p>CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — Homeowners near Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks fear a decision by federal regulators could jeopardize thousands of homes, gazebos, boathouses and other buildings.</p><p>The lake is formed by a dam owned by Ameren Missouri, which was required to develop a plan for the lake's shoreline. The utility says thousands of homes and other buildings appear to encroach on property designated for the dam. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says many of the homes and buildings should go.</p>
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
OROUMIEH LAKE, Iran – From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque Oroumieh Lake, the third largest saltwater lake on earth. "Look, the boat is stuck... It cannot move anymore," said Saadat, gesturing to where it lay encased by solidifying salt and lamenting that he could not understand why the lake was fading away.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
Thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Alberta where two out-of-control wildfires breached a town's defences and have burned down hundreds of buildings, including the town hall, police station and the radio station. The RCMP said the Town of Slave Lake is on fire and many homes have burned down. The fire is apparently out of control, engulfing about half of the town.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
The Mexican navy says marines patrolling a lake along the border with Texas discovered a drug gang camp on an island, provoking a gunbattle that left 13 people dead. The navy says one marine and 12 gunmen from the Zetas drug cartel were killed in the gunbattle on the island on Falcon Lake, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of McAllen, Texas.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
Her dance double for Black Swan has claimed that she did hardly any of the full body shots seen in the film. And now it is claimed that Natalie Portman used yet another body double for her latest film Your Highness. In fact, the actress is said to have avoided diving into an icy lake in Belfast and a local Irish girl was paid just £250 to take the plunge instead.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
Four years ago, a bright early-spring day gave Scott McFarlin the itch to hit a few golf balls onto frozen Maple Lake from his home’s shoreline. “Surprisingly, I could see the white balls in the snow,” he said. “So I felt I may as well go on the ice and hit them again. He did just that, prompting another inspiration: “I might as well have a course.”
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
Every one who knows me, or has read my articles knows that I disagree with Darwin's theory of evolution. However, this post is not about the debate between evolution and creation. This post is about those individuals around the world who yield to the idea that natural selection could possibly be a fact by attempting to or actually succeeding in removing themselves from the human gene pool. Thus by their actions, they seem to ensure that the next generation will be less susceptible to being the last generation to live on what Carl Sagan called the "Pale Blue Dot",...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
This is a two-parter: First part is the image of the region from space. Click on the image to go to the article, where you can download/view the large (7 MB) image of the whole region. Looking at this image, I figured Nam Co Lake, a high-altitude salt lake, would offer some nice vistas with snow-covered mountains in the background. I was correct. Click 'em all for full-size. (This is the 2nd part).
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
Posted by admin! / Under Lake Surfing
Incredible microbe found in California lakeNasa scientists are set to announce that bacteria have been discovered that can survive in arsenic, an element previously thought too toxic to support life, it can be revealed. In a press conference scheduled for tomorrow evening, researchers will unveil the discovery of the incredible microbe - which substitutes arsenic for phosphorus to sustain its growth - in a lake in California. The remarkable discovery raises the prospect that life could exist on other planets which do not have phosphorus in the atmosphere, which had previously been thought vital for life to begin. But it...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:01:54 PM
continue reading
