Stunning image of sediment plumes in Gulf of Mexico
source: http://clasticdetritus.com/2009/11/14/stunning-image-of-sediment-plumes-in-gulf-of-mexico/
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It looks like a majestic painting of the renaissance.
http://clasticdetritus.com/2009/11/14/stunning-image-of-sediment-plumes-in-gulf-...
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csmonut
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you replied:
I read your post and it's very much true what you said:" From a distance, the world looks blue and clean........."
although I think the sediment plumes in Gulf of Mexico above were caused by the tropical storm IDA, at least that's how it was reported.There is a big difference in the pics, no doubt. I have seen pics that were beautiful from the air, and turned out it was an algea bloom or agricultural run-off.
Thanks for sharing.
At least your pics were/are a naturally occuring phenomena. - 2 years ago
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csmonut
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csmonut
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http://current.com/items/91589657_phosphorus-mining.htm
Another set of deadly pictures
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csmonut
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lookatmypix
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csmonut:
I read your post and it's very much true what you said:" From a distance, the world looks blue and clean........."
although I think the sediment plumes in Gulf of Mexico above were caused by the tropical storm IDA, at least that's how it was reported. - 2 years ago
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lookatmypix
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idealist
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beautifull....
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idealist
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e_young
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Very cool pictures! We loved it so much that we have posted it on our Facebook page. Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/CurrentGreen. If you haven't already friended us on FB, go ahead and add us. We are updating our FB page all the time with our favorite submissions. Keep up the great posts!
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e_young
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Incredulous
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hmmm, worth contemplating. the fact that earth can take our most noxious waste and still create a thing of beauty, Gaia.
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Incredulous
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tommic
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Yes it is a painting of death, the death of a vast swath of the gulf of mexico is now a dead area with virtually no life. The agricultural runnoff from all the farming in the midwest is washed down the Mississippi river and into the gulf. The beauty in this death is nothing to be proud about. The great majority of fertilizer is produced by oil byproducts, further polluting the earth. A conundrum for sure we drill for oil in the gulf, pump it out, refine it, use the byproducts and they end up back where it all began.
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tommic
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lookatmypix
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tommic:
Fertilizer run off and all of what you mentioned above is real but sedimentation occurs naturally, it can be exacerbated by polluting human activities but not in this case.
This was caused by the Tropical Storm Ida. - 2 years ago
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lookatmypix
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Rickharmon25
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Very cool!
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Rickharmon25
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bailey78
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Yes thats beautiful but it is killing the life in the water. We have a giant dead zone in the gulf of Mexico. So just because it's pretty does not mean it's healthy.
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bailey78
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Slombo
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bailey78:
It'll settle if it hasn't already
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Slombo
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jennyschu:
its such a cop out to just explain things by saying a god did it. God often tends to be used in place of things people don't want to think about. out of either laziness or fear of what the truth might really be. think for yourself. don't listen to just one theory on reality
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alerbammer
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thewallisgirl
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gorgeous
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thewallisgirl
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boywhocould
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oh sooooo beautiful. . . until you have to swim in it :)
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treewolf39
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Unicorn tail.
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treewolf39
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ryan8566
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awesome! thanks for posting.
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ryan8566
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TheEmpireGuy
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Wow. Very beautiful.
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TheEmpireGuy
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chipsinabox
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Beautiful. Looks just like Jupiter's swirls.
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