Worlds Oldest "flowing" water discovered.

[Pilgor]

World's oldest flowing water found deep in Timmins mine - Thunder Bay - CBC News

World?s oldest water bubbling into Northern Ontario mine

Discovered in Timmins. Where I live!!!!!

I sure there are other(and probably better) articles out there on this discovery. Its about 2.6 Billion Years old.

 

[RA_pierce]

Way cool!
New discoveries like this prove that there is still so much more to discover.

 

[Lazerbeak]

That's awesome Pilgor. I've been following the Lake Vostok expedition in Antarctica...
Has Russia found a new form of life at the bottom of an underground antarctic lake? | Mail Online

Yours is much older and in your backyard So cool. Thanks for sharing.

~ LB

 

[Gun]

That's pretty amazing, thanks for sharing, +1

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Really cool. Wonder what would happen if you drank some? Taste?

 

[djQUAN]

Really cool. Wonder what would happen if you drank some? Taste?

Scientist drinks billion-year-old water: "It tastes terrible" : TreeHugger

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Scientist drinks billion-year-old water: "It tastes terrible" : TreeHugger

We don't know for sure yet, but scientists are speculating that this old water maybe contain living organisms despite its isolation.

Woah, surprised anything could still possibly be alive in it after so long. Doesn't seem like a great idea to drink then. Who knows what weird bacterial infection you could get from that. I admit I've drank all sorts of weird water from canals, lakes and caves without any purification process, but at least if I got sick from that we'd know what it is and how to treat it. Billion year old bacteria? Who knows.

 

[Lazerbeak]

Eeeeww! :barf:

Thanks for the update djQ. All in the name of science. Tripped me out that it is that different from normal water.

Agreed 2007rev she should be monitored for a possible Zombie outbreak

~ LB

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Eeeeww! :barf:

Thanks for the update djQ. All in the name of science. Tripped me out that it is that different from normal water.

Agreed 2007rev she should be monitored for a possible Zombie outbreak

~ LB

I remember a few years ago I was out with my friends on a really warm dry day and the water fountains on the Ottawa river pathway were out of service. So I drank a large amount from the river (none of my friends would touch the river water ). Later that week I learned there had been an accidental release of unprocessed sewage into the river from the city's treatment plant upstream. :barf::barf::barf: Luckily I didn't get sick.

 

[Lazerbeak]

Oh you are soooo lucky you didn't get sick! I remember going to Yosemite National Park and we had to filter the water for parasites. It looked like some of the cleanest tastiest water ever :thinking:

~ LB

 

[Ears and Eggs]

I remember going to Yosemite National Park and we had to filter the water for parasites. It looked like some of the cleanest tastiest water ever :thinking:

~ LB

I have been told that lots when I'm at national/provincial parks and lakes here. Maybe they just say that out of abundance of caution (or so they don't get sued )? I've never bothered to filter or boil the water. I must have drank gallons of "raw" water over the years out of lakes and rivers around Ontario (it tastes so much better than processed water ) and never once got sick.

 

[Lazerbeak]

I'll keep that in mind, I was with a Biology teacher and some students at the time. It was the most delicious water I'd ever had. So strange that water could taste so good.

~ LB

 

[Kookapeli]

That's the taste of fish poop and whatever other animals upstream leave behind

 

[djQUAN]

^ lol

I must have drank gallons of "raw" water over the years out of lakes and rivers around Ontario (it tastes so much better than processed water ) and never once got sick.

You must have a strong stomach or immune system. I guess you can tag along with Bear Grylls out in the woods.