Mount Etna eruption caught in stunning pictures
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Proud Mary
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Thu Feb 09 2012, 04:08PM
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haxor5354
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alwsys wondered what makes the center of the earth so hot. is it just from pressure alone?
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Turkey9
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Radioactive isotopes decaying is the main source of the heat.
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Also, a small portion of the heat is preserved from the first time the Earth was formatted into a planet.
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