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  Re: Early Earth: Pre Banded Iron Formation  
From: Simone
Date: 28 Jun 2012 20:40:00
Message: <web.4fecf955c6f1e999935e6f180@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:

> This is a view of Earth about 3.0 to 2.5 billion years ago. A very
> different place indeed. No continents to speak of, only volcanic
> islands; oceans with huge quantities of dissolved iron (greenish tint);
> atmosphere without oxygen and lots of methane and othe toxic gases
> (reddish tint); a Moon which is closer than today (huge tides); days a
> bit longer than today by a couple of hours.
>
> A most significant change will come at about 2.4 billion years ago: the
> Great Oxygenation Event. That will be my next scene in this series.
>
> Thomas



I like it and I think it's an interesting topic for a series.

Regards,

simone


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