May 6, 2009
The oldest strip of land
This is pretty cool.
With all the shifts in land topography, and the weather taking its toll, and all sorts of other natural phenomenon - and unnatural phenomenon such as construction, drilling, etc. the topography of planet earth is always changing.
Researchers have just discovered the oldest strip of land that is unchanged. And it is in Israel.
The Negev desert is the topography that has stayed the same for the longest, and is therefore currently the oldest strip of topography in the world. Happy Birthday - they say it is 1.8 million years old!
Very cool.
(source: FoxNews)
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If you read the article then it says that this is not just the Negev. That's just where he started, because he is an Israeli researcher.
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Wonder what he would say about the even shtiya? :)
so he hasn't inspected the whole planet yet. still pretty cool.
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