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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Discovery of an Upside Down Mountain in Southern California

Have you ever seen what the reflection of a mountain looks like in a large body of water?

Picture from Johndobbs.com


The reflection of the mountain gives you the perception that you are looking at an upside down mountain. Which in actuality no one on this earth has ever seen. 


 Picture belongs to The IRIS Consortium can be found on MSNBC website.

Yet, upside down mountains do exist and scientists from Brown University have proven it. 


In a recent article, science reporters from MSNBC spoke to researchers that say they found an upside down Mountain deep beneath the surface of the Earth in Southern California, way below the earths tectonic plates.


The studies revealed a "flip-side" to a continent which created what to our sight is an upside down mountain.

TECHNOLOGY:
The gadgets used to found this bizarre mountain are called Seismometers-  An instrument that can measure siesmic waves or what we consider motions under ground coming form either earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and other large sources. 

California has a lot of 


The seismometer used in this project was called USArray which was used to measure the movement of  tectonic plates below the Earth.

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