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Martian Sea Discovered

mpesce writes "New Scientist is reporting that a large sea of frozen ice (between 800 and 900 km in size and 45 m deep) has been discovered by the ESA's Mars Express Probe. Here's the kicker: the sea of block ice is only five degrees away from the Martian equator. New Scientist also links to a PDF of a paper to be presented next month about the finding." Update: 02/21 15:30 GMT by T : Note: that's 45 meters deep, not 45 kilometers deep.

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  1. Hmmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Frozen ice, eh?

  2. Re:wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why are all Macintosh users flaming faggots?

  3. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is useless knowledge. FOAD

  4. Re:Holy Crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can you say too stupid to RTFA!?!

  5. personally. by way2trivial · · Score: -1, Troll

    I tend to masturbate with my hands, not my brain.

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  6. Re:nothing of the sort by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    FUCK Roland Piquepaille's blog articles, devoid of content. Copy this sig if you agree!

    You are a pathetic fuck ; You got probably othing to say in real life, and thinking that a sig like that would at least give you some like-minded fools following you :

    Again, you're a pathetic fuck.

  7. how many ice cubes in a km? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since I left my French to English cheat sheet in my pocket protector in the wash I'd have to guess they found a ice cube the size of a Michelin tyre at five degrees, whatever that means.

  8. Re:Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Poor little A$$hole feeling guilty over ruining the planet. Assuage your guilt and give it up. Go live in a friggin yurt and eat kudzu. After all, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Right?

  9. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Troll

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  10. Re:Wow... by carpe_noctem · · Score: 0, Troll

    4. Profit!

    ('???' step omitted as having been already actualized by companies in step 1).

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  11. Re:Some calculation by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: 0, Troll

    let's terraform this sucker.

    Agreed.
    I got my hoe. When do we start?

  12. Re:Wow... by RatPh!nk · · Score: 1, Troll
    Isn't Dry Ice just frozen CO2? If so, I'd say it's not the same as 'frozen ice' (in these terms, speaking of water that has been frozen)..
    Phases, it is all about the phases. "Dry Ice" is the solid phase of Carbon Dioxide. Ice is the solid phase of Water. Cheers,
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    Argh. The laws of science be a harsh mistress.
  13. Re:Wow... by lb16 · · Score: -1, Troll

    "That's why I live out here in the mountains with a flag on my porch and loud Wagner music blaring out of my speakers. I feel lucky, and I have plenty of ammunition. That is God's will, they say, and that is also why I shoot into the darkness at anything that moves. Sooner or later, I will hit something Evil, and feel no Guilt. It might be Osama Bin Laden. Who knows? And where is Adolf Hitler, now that we finally need him? It is bad business to go into War without a target." What a crazy, crazy, brilliant, violent son of a bitch. We'll all miss him.