Posted on 02/03/2012 5:50:32 AM PST by Joe the Pimpernel
Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, seen from NASA's Terra satellite. NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS; U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
Antarctica is so vast that the pictures give you no sense of scale. The pencil-thin line across the satellite image of Pine Island Glacier (above) is actually more than 18 miles long, 800 feet across in places, and 180 feet deep.
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“Antarctica is so vast that the pictures give you no sense of scale.”
Pine Island Glacier is losing ice very quickly, about six meters per year”
If Antarctica is so vast and that pencil thin line is 800 feet across, then how can 18 feet a year of lost ice be considered important or quick? if you can barely tell that something is 800 feet across, how in the world is 18 feet important?
I just had my comment removed by the moderator (first time for me). It was a bit over the top. But admit it - it was funny!
I’ve said worse... lol..
-PJ
Just what ‘AVE the Romans ever given us?
Tell hizzoner that the glacier is made of compressed "snow" ...
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