Early Earth (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Early Earth

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An artistic conception of the early Earth, showing a surface pummeled by large impact, resulting in extrusion of deep-seated magma onto the surface.

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Simone Marchi

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Used with permission of Simone Marchi, SSERVI senior researcher at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado

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