1. Saddam Hussein is hanged
It seems very eerie that he was hung. Yes, he killed thousands (was actually convicted of killing 148 people and crimes against humanity?). But doesn't this seem like a bad omen for the new year? I mean it just feels weird. Apparentlyl he was hung around 10:05 pm EST on Dec. 30.
2. The Ayles Ice Shelf breaks off of Canada
The ice shelf, about the size of Manhattan, broke away from the coast of Ellesmere Island about 16 months ago. Scientists say this shelf is more than 3,000 years old and this break-off is just another indicator of global warming.
This NASA satellite image shows the Ayles Ice Shelf collapse, center and below the open water, on Aug. 13, 2005. Within days of breaking free and becoming an island, Ayles drifted about 30 miles before freezing into the sea ice seen here along top of photo. Photo curtesy of MSNBC.
Part of what was the Ayles Ice Shelf is surveyed last summer by Denis Sarrazin, a researcher with the Center for Northern Studies at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. Sarrazin and other researchers visited what is now an island as part of an expedition within a program called ArcticNet. Photo curtesy of MSNBC.
Graphic curtesy of MSNBC.
"Dark and difficult times are ahead" ~ Dumbledor
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