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What's Hidden Under Greenland's Ice?

Roland Piquepaille writes "Ice has covered Greenland for millions of years. So what's hidden under this ice cap? Mountains and valleys? Rivers and lakes? Of course, we might know it sooner than we would have liked if the ice covering Greenland continues to melt. But researchers from Ohio State University have decided that they wanted to know it next year and have developed a radar to reveal views of land beneath polar ice. Their first tests of this new radar, which helps them to catch 3-D images of the ground under the ice, took place in May 2006. The next images will be shot in April 2007. Here are some images of the new GISMO device and what it can do."

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  1. Aliens! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lots of nasty body popping evil dog maiming spider infesting damned aliens.

    Would you close the damned door so they don't get in.

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  2. Totally required by andy314159pi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jimmy Hoffa.

  3. I thought everyone knew.. by frieza79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lambeau Field

  4. Just for the record... by SaDan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I do not want to hear about global warming as the cause of all the melting ice in Greenland if we're going over there and effectively microwaving the place to get pretty pictures of what's underneath.

  5. A Great Mystery by nxtr · · Score: 3, Funny

    The article makes Greenland seem like a woman and the ice seem like a bra. So far, I can most certainly tell you that whatever is under the ice are not bags of sand.

  6. Re:Underneath sovereign territory by rbanffy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a well known fact Greenland is not only harboring terrorists under the ice cap, but also developing nuclear weapons and other means of mass-destructions. They are also suspect of being major factors in the climate change.

    They must be invaded so the threat can be neutralized.

  7. Re:Since this is a Roland P. Slashdot story by AltGrendel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well actually, this is probably where Atari buried all those "ET" game cartridges.

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  8. Re:Since this is a Roland P. Slashdot story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    and he's getting $0.01 per page hit.
    $.01 or .01 cents?

  9. Re:Just a guess.. by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was never particularly green. The name was dreamed up by an early form of marketroid pushing a real estate scam.

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