
A new video explores the strange phenomenon of LLSVPs, the strange blobs inside our planet. LLSVPs, or Large Low-Shear-Velocity Provinces, are massive structures of the lowermost mantle.
Within the mantle, there are two massive blob-like structures, roughly on opposite sides of the planet. The blobs, referred to as Large Low-Shear-Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs), are each the size of a continent and 100 times taller than Mt. Everest. One is under the African continent, while the other is under the Pacific Ocean. (See the video after the jump)