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A near-miraculous thermal equilibrium 300 meters underground allowed the development of the planet's largest selenite beams.
Geology
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How the thermal contraction of magma creates gigantic hexagonal stone prisms
Geology
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How an atmospheric discharge of 30,000 °C melts sand in milliseconds to carve hollow geological sculptures.
Geology
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At a depth of 300 meters in Chihuahua, a thermal anomaly kept saturated water at 58 °C for half a million years to conceive the most colossal crystals on the planet.
Geology
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In the Great Rift Valley stands the only volcano on Earth with natrocarbonatite lava: it flows like water at unusually low temperatures and changes color within hours.