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Old 02-19-2011, 05:40 PM
 
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Washington — New evidence bolsters the notion that deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for many thousands, perhaps even millions, of years.

The study, recently accepted for publication in Chemical Geology, found the noble gas neon dissolved in water in three-kilometre deep crevices.
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Old 02-20-2011, 09:28 PM
 
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More speculation... meanwhile in the real world:

A Russian science team is poised to reach the virgin 14 million year old depths of ice-bound Lake Vostok, an unexplored lake in Antarctica.

Russian Antarctica Team Poised to Reach the 14-Million Year Old Waters of Lake Vostok -a Prehistoric Laboratory

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Old 02-21-2011, 07:26 AM
 
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The oldest water is under the Earths crust. I was wondering if it has a population of critters.
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Old 02-22-2011, 11:16 PM
 
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Don't see why not, everywhere we look we find life.
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:34 AM
 
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I was wondering if it has a population of critters.
LOL Yeah I was gonna say that
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Old 02-23-2011, 01:29 PM
 
Location: Newark, Delaware
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Reminds me of that AVP movie, just dont go down the hole!
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Old 02-24-2011, 01:47 AM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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Let me know when they start bottling it, I'm interested in tasting it.
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Old 12-07-2012, 10:44 AM
 
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I wonder what it tastes like...
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