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muriel_volestrangler

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12. 500m + 252m is very nearly half a mile

Reply to dickthegrouch (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 05:36 PM

9 hrs ago

Beneath approximately 500 m of ice, we used an acoustic sensor to image a 252-m high water-filled grounding-zone channel

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01687-3

So they drilled through about 1600 feet of ice; the base of the channel is about 750 metres down - half a mile being about 800 metres.

I'd have put 252 metres as more than "a 30-story building".

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Wow proud patriot 13 hrs ago #1

Thanks for posting this. I like to see what the actual smart people are up to. NBachers 12 hrs ago #2

A mile used to be 5280 feet dickthegrouch 12 hrs ago #3

Well it is more than a quarter mile, but half mile sounds more impressive. fargone 11 hrs ago #4

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500m + 252m is very nearly half a mile muriel_volestrangler 9 hrs ago #12

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Come on, Godzilla! n/t slightlv 10 hrs ago #11

That's incredible. Our planet is endlessly fascinating. Borogove 10 hrs ago #9