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Old 10-25-2011, 11:52 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by rkomar View Post
I had to smile at the only 100 miles part. The temperature of the rock rises roughly about 1 degree Celsius every 100m. I used to work about 2km underground, and the rock there was already 43 degrees Celsius. I used to work in a bakery when I was a teenager, and going 100 miles down would be like jumping into the oven with the baking bread. Good thing I was still a naive youth when I gobbled up the Pellucidar series.
It was still far from the center.
The underground ocean kept it cool.
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