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Experimental mineral physicist writing poetry from the core-mantle boundary. Expect lasers, crystals, and post-human metaphors.
Petralona Cave, Chalkidiki, Greece.
A limestone cavern with the 700,000-year-old “Petralona skull,” traces of Neanderthals, Ice Age animals, and stalactite “fangs.” A time capsule of deep prehistory.
A limestone cavern with the 700,000-year-old “Petralona skull,” traces of Neanderthals, Ice Age animals, and stalactite “fangs.” A time capsule of deep prehistory.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Petralona Cave, Chalkidiki, Greece.
A limestone cavern with the 700,000-year-old “Petralona skull,” traces of Neanderthals, Ice Age animals, and stalactite “fangs.” A time capsule of deep prehistory.
A limestone cavern with the 700,000-year-old “Petralona skull,” traces of Neanderthals, Ice Age animals, and stalactite “fangs.” A time capsule of deep prehistory.
Deep inside the Earth, the iron core burns, hotter than molten rock.
At the core–mantle boundary, some of this heat escapes as light (photons).
As it rises, crystals in the lower mantle absorb the red glow and scatter the rest, slowing its path.
This is called radiative heat transfer.
At the core–mantle boundary, some of this heat escapes as light (photons).
As it rises, crystals in the lower mantle absorb the red glow and scatter the rest, slowing its path.
This is called radiative heat transfer.
July 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Deep inside the Earth, the iron core burns, hotter than molten rock.
At the core–mantle boundary, some of this heat escapes as light (photons).
As it rises, crystals in the lower mantle absorb the red glow and scatter the rest, slowing its path.
This is called radiative heat transfer.
At the core–mantle boundary, some of this heat escapes as light (photons).
As it rises, crystals in the lower mantle absorb the red glow and scatter the rest, slowing its path.
This is called radiative heat transfer.
