SNOWBALL EARTH AND THE LEAP SECOND

Just read that the Earth was a giant iceball somewhere around 750 million years ago. There was not much that was not frozen. The small areas of geothermal nonfrozen water somehow allowed more oxygen that gave rise to the development of more complex life. Glad that happened. And that somehow has led to the Indonesian frog that gives birth to live tadpoles. Of course it took quite a while. And there was the discovery of a California Condor chick that was raised the Ventana Wilderness out of the observation of the wildlife people. I do not think the iceball era would gain many visitors if we had a time machine travel agency. Neither would the exact time of the giant meteor strike.
Also read that there was much old water about 25km down. The article said that it was about 250,0000,000 years old. How much would some people pay for such water. I can see the ads now. If you drink it will it increase your life span? And certainly the ads will imply that. Not only is it old it is low caloried and gluetin free. And in newer water a rare pnoto of a shark delivering a baby shark. And it all started on the snowball earth. Unless next week we hear a new theory. Now what about the leap second? I somehow feel more balance in the world around me after a second was added.

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