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The Incredibly Violent History of Earth's Moon

Leader of the Furlings · 2013-08-15 01:40:21

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15-08-2013 2:40am

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http://io9.com/the-incredibly-violent-history-of-earths-moon-1098565110

Our moon was born of fire and violence. Virtually everything we see of it today, from its impact craters and mare to its mismatched hemispheres, was the result of world-shattering and world-creating events. These illustrations reveal what the Moon's history looked like.
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4.5 billion years ago. Incoming planet: only moments remain before Theia, a planet the size of Mars, slams into the primordial earth.

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