Corey S Powell on Nostr: As a kid I was fascinated by Project Mohole, an Apollo-style effort to explore the ...
As a kid I was fascinated by Project Mohole, an Apollo-style effort to explore the inner Earth. Now it's happened!
Though in a slightly different way: The JOIDES Resolution ship has drilled 1,268 meters into mantle rocks at the mid-Atlantic ridge, providing an unprecedented look inside our planet.
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/rocks-recovered-from-mantle-could-reveal-sources-of-volcanoes-and-origins-of-life-on-earth/ #science #earth #nature #history
Though in a slightly different way: The JOIDES Resolution ship has drilled 1,268 meters into mantle rocks at the mid-Atlantic ridge, providing an unprecedented look inside our planet.
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/rocks-recovered-from-mantle-could-reveal-sources-of-volcanoes-and-origins-of-life-on-earth/ #science #earth #nature #history