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Title: What would half the Earth look like?
Post by: thedoc on 03/08/2016 11:42:58

If we could slice the Earth in half and leave the inner or outer core intact (like cutting an avocado), what would it look like from space?
 
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Tony
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Title: What would the earth, cut in half, look like from space?
Post by: RD on 12/05/2010 01:04:08

This sort of thing ? ...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_interior


But most of the Earth is liquid,
 so the result of splitting it in two would be more like splitting a drop of water than halving an avocado.