00:00East Africa's Rift Valley, a new ocean in the making.
00:04A massive crack stretches across dry land in East Africa.
00:09Across Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Great Rift Valley, tectonic plates pull apart slowly,
00:15opening fissures that could eventually form a new ocean basin.
00:19A deep rift cuts through Ethiopian desert land, widens gradually, and marks where the
00:24African plate is splitting into two sections.
00:27Scientists measure ground movement with GPS sensors, track plate separation, and observe
00:33land slowly pulling apart over time.
00:36Volcanic activity erupts along the rift zone, releases magma from below, and contributes
00:41to the widening gap between tectonic plates.
00:44Rainwater fills newly formed cracks in the ground, creates temporary lakes, and reveals
00:49how future ocean water could flood the region.
00:52Researchers map the Somali plate and Nuvian plate boundary, showing how the continent
00:57continues breaking apart over millions of years.
01:00Earthquakes shake parts of the Rift Valley, shift land suddenly, and signal ongoing tectonic
01:07movement beneath the surface.
01:09From deep fissures to rising magma, East Africa shows one of the most dramatic geological transformations
01:15on Earth.
01:16In millions of years, this land could become a new ocean.
