Since 2005, a 35-mile-long crack known as the East African Rift has been forming. In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over millions of years, the African continent will cleave in two, and scientists say a new ocean will one day fill the gap. The Afar region is …
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