• stevestevesteve@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The mantle is between 500-4500K, meaning most of it is hot enough to glow at least a dull red.

    You don’t say lava is black because once it cools down it turns black…

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        8 months ago

        Early scientific estimates of the age of the earth are underestimated it because they assumed the hot potato model, but radioactive decay keeps the earth hot for longer.

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      8 months ago

      Oh yeah, well, em… the ocean called and they are running out of you! No, wait… damn it!