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MOON ROCKS

At less than a billion years old, lobate scarps are some of the moon’s youngest landforms. Scientists believe they form as the moon’s interior cools and shrinks, forcing pieces of the crust together. Credit: Courtesy of NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Smithsonian

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  • A 1958 UK-S London school teacher in geography expressed his belief in planetay shrinkage to fifth level stidents. His view was re Earth, His view; 2 stones placed in a cave some remote mountain place would move together over several millions of years naturally.NO DATA in those days; some time to wait eh?
    grafspey grafspey
    Aug. 22, 2010 at 8:17am
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