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Tectonic Touching

  • January 25, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Silfra crack in Iceland is a freshwater rift between the American and Eurasian tectonic plates. The plates are so close, a diver can touch two continents at once! The water is glacier melt filtered through lava, very pure and clear but cold, staying just above freezing.

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