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To: SunkenCiv
“We have calculated that the ice in the glaciers is equivalent to over 150 billion cubic meters of ice — that much ice could cover the entire surface of Mars with 1.1 meters (3.6 feet) of ice,”

Really?

The Valles Marineris is 2,500 miles long and as deep as 36,000 feet.

How many cubic meters would fit in there?

2 posted on 04/08/2015 2:50:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Paging Governor Moonbeam


3 posted on 04/08/2015 2:54:17 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: BenLurkin
The Valles Marineris is 2,500 miles long and as deep as 36,000 feet.
How many cubic meters would fit in there?

You'd need the width as well, to get the volume (length x width x depth)

28 posted on 04/08/2015 6:22:09 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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