Thunderbolts of the day has this: Story.
"Strange round nodules of solid stone are found on a beach in New Zealand. Are they “concretions” precipitated over eons? Or is electricity a better explanation?" View Spheres on Mars (Meridiana Planum) taken on Rover's Sol 19 Mission...
Video shows an interesting phenomena: Moeraki Boulders...
Described as glassified spherules, created by C. J. Ransom in his VEMASAT laboratory, proving that lightning strikes might be a way by which stone eggs form. When NASA reported the discovery of "blueberries" on Mars, Dr. Ransom shot rock dust and soils with high voltage electric discharges. His results look remarkably similar to the Martian blueberries and to other such accumulations of stone balls on Earth. Read more.
40 kilometers south of Oamaru, New Zealand, is a beach where hundreds of calcium carbonate spheres have fallen out of a cliff face and rolled down into the water. They range in size from small nodules to giant balls over 4 meters in diameter.Other stories Today:
Said to be the result of slow growth around a nucleus, the spheres are referred to as “concretions” and are thought to be the result of tiny amounts of mineral precipitation taking place over 65 million years. Story.
Excerpts (above) by Stephen Smith- from an idea submitted by Klaas Geertsma
More after-shocks in Mid west USA...
Likely that we greatly underestimate the power of earth and its attempts toward renewal: 5.2 Earthquake Rattles Skyscrapers across Midwest
Borneo pygmy elephant is back! Presumed Extinct.
The population may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests. Read more.
