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Neil Banerjee, staff scientist for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program displays rocks at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, May 1, 2006, that were pulled from beneath the Pacific Ocean by geologists drilling more than a mile into the sea floor. The rocks should allow scientists to better understand the history and structure of the Earth. (Image credit: AP Photo/Paul Zoeller)

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