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Geology
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How the principle of least energy and thermal contraction transform flows of molten rock into colossal geometric pipes.
Geology
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Three billion years ago, Earth's mantle was so hot that it spewed torrents of liquid rock at over 1,600 °C.
Geology
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Barely 6% of its mass peaks above the waves; the rest is a colossal continental crust that stretched and sank after breaking away from Gondwana.
Geology
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The deepest hole in history revealed that theoretical models of the Earth's crust were completely wrong.
Geology
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The unusual story of the only volcano on the planet whose full life cycle was documented by modern science from its very first second.
Geology
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In the Horn of Africa, three tectonic plates are pulling apart in slow motion, allowing geologists to witness the birth of a sea in real time.
Geology
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In the Great Rift Valley, this Tanzanian colossus defies the laws of volcanism with magma as fluid as water that turns snow-white as it cools.
Geology
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How the thermal contraction of magma creates gigantic hexagonal stone prisms