X RAY · EARTH
GEOSPHERE CUTAWAY // LIVE STRUCTURAL SCAN
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STRUCTURE
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STRUCTURAL LAYERS
01
Crust
0 – 35 km
02
Upper Mantle
35 – 660 km
03
Lower Mantle
660 – 2,890 km
04
Outer Core
2,890 – 5,150 km
05
Inner Core
5,150 – 6,371 km
LAYERS
LAYERS
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EXPLORE
GUIDED TOURS
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✦ SURPRISE ME
MEASURE DISTANCE
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TECTONICS
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CONVERGENT
DIVERGENT
TRANSFORM
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Hover a boundary line for what happens there.
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VOLCANOES
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STRATOVOLCANO
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SHIELD
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CALDERA
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OTHER
Click a type to filter. Click a volcano for its story.
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EARTHQUAKES
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3D DEPTH
SURFACE
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6.5+
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7.5+
COLOR
M6+ since 1900. In 3D DEPTH mode, deep quakes trace subducting slabs under Japan & the Andes.
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NOTABLE EVENTS
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SURFACE
STANDARD
BATHYMETRY
NIGHT LIGHTS
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DEEP TIME
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TODAY
Drag to travel through geologic time. Modern coastlines & layers hide while you explore the deep past.
Turn on to watch the continents drift — Pangaea assembling and breaking apart over 540 million years.
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VIEW
AUTO-SPIN
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SOLID EARTH
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ATMOSPHERE
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Solid Earth hides the interior structural layers so the focus is the surface. Click a structural layer to x-ray again.
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THEME
ACCENT / FILL
COASTLINES
COUNTRY BORDERS
VARY TONE PER COUNTRY
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‹ BACK
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GREAT-CIRCLE DISTANCE · TAP TWO POINTS
TAP TWO POINTS ON THE GLOBE TO MEASURE
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DEPTH
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TEMPERATURE
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STATE
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COMPOSITION
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SEISMIC
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← EXIT X RAY
DRAG TO ROTATE · SCROLL TO ZOOM · CLICK A LAYER TO X RAY · CLICK LAND TO IDENTIFY
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