Grand Canyon Purposefully Flooded

Photo from source, BBC News

This story is a couple of days old, I know, but since I brought up the Grand Canyon a couple of posts ago, I thought it would be nice to add this photo essay. I haven't been able to find out what effect this will have on Lake Mead here in the Las Vegas area, but I can only hope this extends our water supply a little bit. Check out the rest of the photos at the link below.

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Water is unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam towards the Grand Canyon in the United States - an experiment to mimic natural floods and recharge the ecosystem. . .

Read more (with photos) at: BBC News

Science is Cool: Grand Canyon Older Than We Knew

Photo from source, AOL News

What are the creationists going to do about this discovery? After all, it's blasphemy! How can the Grand Canyon be 17 million years old, when the earth is only 6,000 years old?

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Grand Canyon Older Than Once Thought

Gazing into the majestic Grand Canyon, awe-struck visitors inevitably ask: "How old is it?"

Far older than generally thought, says new evidence that scientists culled from caves lining the canyon's red limestone cliffs.

The Grand Canyon often is referred to as about 6 million years old - but its western half actually began to open at least 17 million years ago, a University of New Mexico team reports Friday in the journal Science. . .

Read more at: AOL News