http://clipmarks.com/tags/real-old-stuff/http://rss.clipmarks.com/tags/real-old-stuff/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CBD3F23D-2EE3-4610-8123-B7E4AAB50704/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/tabsey/">tabsey</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The diagram makes it appear that we do have to fear the sky falling. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.html" title="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.html">www.dailygalaxy.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/antarcticlakes_vostok_3.jpg"><IMG width="385" height="242" border="0" src="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/images/2008/05/07/antarcticlakes_vostok_3.jpg" title="Antarcticlakes_vostok_3" alt="Antarcticlakes_vostok_3" /></A>Buried beneath several miles of ice in Antarctica are lakes ranging in size from Lake Ontario to lakes the size of Manhattan. Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake on Earth, is believed to harbor ancient life that has been isolated from open exchange with the atmosphere for several million years. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/lake_vostok_3d_topo.jpg"><IMG width="264" height="280" border="0" alt="Lake_vostok_3d_topo" title="Lake_vostok_3d_topo" src="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/images/2008/05/07/lake_vostok_3d_topo.jpg" /></A> Lake Vostok (left) , discovered in 1996 by Russian and British scientists underneath the Russian station Vostok in Antarctica,  is one of 140 subglacial lakes located beneath the Antarctic ice-sheet. At 250km long and 50km wide, some 4000 meters underneath the surface ice, and could be one of the most important scientific finds of the last several decades. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/real-old-stuff/" rel="tag">real-old-stuff</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/biology/" rel="tag">biology</a></div>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/ancient-buried.htmlThu, 08 May 2008 16:56:51 GMT