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2 unusual facts about Telluric


Telluric

Telluric current, a natural electrical current in the Earth's crust

Telluric contamination, contamination of astronomical spectra by the Earth's atmosphere (also can be referred as Telluric lines or Telluric bands)


Telluric current

In William Hope Hodgson's novel The Night Land, the "Earth-Current", a powerful telluric current, is the source of power for the Last Redoubt, the arcology home of man after the Sun has died.

Telluric currents are also used as a means of travel by the woman Hsien-Ko and her minions in the Doctor Who "Missing Adventures" novel, The Shadow of Weng-Chiang, by David A McIntee.


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