There Are Mountains Deep Within the Earth

Scientists think they’ve discovered some peaks taller than Mt Everest deep beneath the earth’s crust, and this range might be the key to one of the biggest mysteries in geology!

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Sources:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6428/696
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/03/rugged-mountains-taller-everest-lurk-deep-inside-earth/
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6428/736
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00649-y
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decades-long-quest-drill-earths-mantle-may-soon-hit-pay-dirt-180957908/

Image Sources:
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/earth-cross-section