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In 1869, an explorer found himself in a Utah canyon that, as far as he knew, shouldn't have existed. The Green River he was traveling down had cut through the Uinta Mountains, and he couldn't explain why. In 2026, scientists seem to have finally solved the mystery: a giant blob of rock about 200 kilometers below the Earth's surface.
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In 1869, an explorer found himself in a Utah canyon that, as far as he knew, shouldn't have existed. The Green River he was traveling down had cut through the Uinta Mountains, and he couldn't explain why. In 2026, scientists seem to have finally solved the mystery: a giant blob of rock about 200 kilometers below the Earth's surface.
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