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Earth cutaway

author: Illustration Grégoire Cirade/Novapix

reference: t-glb99-01002

Image Size 300 DPI: 42 * 42 cm

Art cutaway of Earth showing interior structure. The surface is a crust, a thin layer of solid rock about 7 km thick under the oceans and 30 to 40 km thick where there are continents. Below is the mantle, a 2900 km thick layer of molten rock. The outer core consists of liquid metal, mostly iron and nickel. The inner core has a similar composition but is solid.

Keywords for this photo:

CUTAWAY - EARTH - GEOLOGY - GLOBAL VIEW - ILLUSTRATION - NUCLEUS - PLANET -