Artist's impression, Hadean Earth (IMAGE)

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Artist's impression, Hadean Earth

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Artist's Impression of the Hadean Earth. Huge, impact-generated lava lakes coexisted with surface liquid water, under a thick greenhouse atmosphere sustained by lava outgassing.

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Credit: SwRI/Simone Marchi, Dan Durda

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