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A Brief History of Earth. /Notes/. Image by: soumitra911. NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). NASA. /Hadean/. 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago. /Hadean/ Surface. Began mostly molten. /Hadean/ Surface. 1 st crust formed after 100 million years.
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A Brief History of Earth /Notes/ Image by: soumitra911
/Hadean/ 4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago
/Hadean/Surface Began mostly molten
/Hadean/Surface 1st crust formed after 100 million years Image: Bread by Sifu Renka
/Hadean/Atmosphere Came from gases erupted by volcanoes USGS/J.D. Griggs
/Hadean/Atmosphere mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/zrahen/11733545/
/Hadean/Major events Earth formed (4.6 billion years ago) NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
/Hadean/Major events Moon formed (4.5 billion years ago) NASA
/Hadean/Major events Late Heavy Bombardment Don Davis, NASA
/Hadean/Major events 4.1 – 3.8 billion years ago http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Dedal_crater.jpg
/Archean/ 3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago
/Archean/Surface Many more volcanoes than exist today http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Tarvurvur.jpg Image by: Taro Taylor
/Archean/Surface First permanent continents Image by: Erica Marshall
/Archean/Atmosphere Image by: groovehouse Still very little oxygen
/Archean/Atmosphere CO2 methane Image by: patrick k. lauke Image by: n8kowald
/Archean/Major Events First evidence of life Image by: AJC1
/Archean/Major Events First evidence of life Image by: cheukiecfu