Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Chunk of original earth found
[ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:59:20 GMT ]

A view of Baffin Island's flood basalt lava cliffs in northern Canada. The cliffs are made from the oldest material on EarthImagine you suddenly discovered part of your umbilical cord was still attached. Scientists just did that for the planet Earth. What's been found is a clear sign that beneath the crust in northern Canada there is a chunk of pristine, undisturbed rock from the time when Earth was nothing but molten rock.


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