An ocean of water was found 620 miles below Earth's surface!!
Several months ago I completed hand writing John Henry & Me in the Grand Canyon, but I was left with a dilemma in how the Cannonball would travel unnoticed, and faster than flight. I did not want to turn it into an airplane because it is a train. Something no one could change, even in fiction stories. It would never make sense.
One of my youngest children and I began discussing possible forms of moving between National Parks unnoticed. She told me of a story her teacher mentioned in school a few weeks earlier.
An ocean of water that was found below the Earth's surface. Bingo!!
The first chapter of John Henry will begin with a very exciting trip through the center of the Earth, allowing Lucy and Lucas Fern experience anxiety while witnessing the different layers of the planet. It will be the beginning of a very educational and exciting journey, preparing readers for an experience in the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is such a massive National Park, readers will learn a little about the geology of the Earth's structure before diving deep into Native American culture, giving the reader a greater understanding of why the first Americans were so spiritually connected to this amazing planet.
Some scientists say the ocean below the Earth's surface was only 400 miles below, then others think it was 620. Here are a few Getty Images explaining a few of the theories.
Dr Mookherjee was one of the leading scientists who assisted the research.
He said: 'Water in the Earth's interior is crucial since it helps in mantle convection - a process by which solid rocks move from hotter to colder regions over geological time scales. If there was no water in the Earth's interior, mantle convection would be inefficient and would eventually cease. The surface expression of the mantle convection is plate motion (the process by which volcanoes are created).'
