Title: Plasma Melter, Zybek Advanced Products Description: The plasma torch melter in Boulder, Colorado exists nowhere else in the world. The mixed and ground rock on the left in a 1-ton bag is fed into the melter to be made into glass.
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The USGS has created man-made moon dirt, or regolith, to help NASA prepare for upcoming moon explorations. Four tons of the simulant is expected to be made by this summer of 2009 and turned over to the scientific community involved in lunar exploration. Location: Boulder, CO, USA Photographer: ,
U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Geological Survey
