Viewing Inside the Earth

Roland Piquepaille writes "Last week, a study released by Princeton University said that geoscientists have captured images of the interior of the Earth by using techniques similar to body scanning by physicians. This study also revealed in-depth structures which might explain how our planet is changing -- and aging. They studied more than 86,000 earthquakes which occurred since 1964. And they found 32 "mantle plumes" which are believed to cause island chains, such as the Hawaiian Islands and Iceland. They have been conjectured thirty years ago, but this is the first visual evidence they exist. This overview contains more details and references, including a rendering of mantle plumes in action."

Comments

This is awesome

[ObviousGuy]

It looks just like some scenes from The Core.

I'm really amazed how Science Fiction is able to shape and mold our understanding of real science.

hollow earth

[djdrew6k]

I wonder what this does to the hollow earth theory...

Hollow Earth Theory

They've discovered my Evil Plan

[thepuma]

This has been a very bad day for me. Today, Slashdot discovered my fricken "laser", and now they've also discovered my plan to drown the earth in motlen, hot "magma"!

- Dr. Evil

New Evidence

[Sigl]

["mantle plumes"] have been conjectured thirty years ago, but this is the first visual evidence they exist.

I dunno, The tons of molten lava spewing into the air seemed like good visual evidence to me.