Another update...

Photo credit: spiegel.de

The October 20th, 2008 blog entry, ' The earth in all its splendor,' highlighted a couple of articles that talked about geologic changes in the Afar region of the Horn of Africa that possibly presaged the eventual formation of a new ocean... Subsequent scientific study seems to confirm this theory, see African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making.

Follow the link to an amazing (17-picture) slide show by Scientific American ...