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Title: ammo under the ice
Post by: sky otter on September 02, 2012, 12:31:50 PM



Melting glacier reveals World War I ammunition


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Some of the more than 200 pieces of World War I ammunition which emerged from a melting glacier on a Trentino mountain peak are seen, Aug. 31. Each piece weighs between 7-10 kilos, and the 85-100 mm caliber explosive devices were found at an altitude of 3,200 meters, when a once-perennial glacier on the Ago de Nardis peak partially melted due to a recent heat wave that reached into Italy's highest peaks. The Finance Police Alpine rescue unit, operating in the area between Pinzolo and Madonna di Campiglio, saw brownish metal points emerging from the ice, got a fix on them via GPS, and then extricated the ordnance. The pieces were spread over a 100-square-meter area during series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918. Disposal specialists returned to dispose of the munitions.

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http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612930-melting-glacier-reveals-world-war-i-ammunition?lite
Title: Re: ammo under the ice
Post by: deuem on September 02, 2012, 05:28:42 PM
If they kep melting, soon they will find dinosaurs or me
Title: Re: ammo under the ice
Post by: 08rubicon on September 02, 2012, 09:40:07 PM
 deuem;
    I know this is not the place, however I would like you to take a look at this
rock imaged by nasa. First image downloaded from nasa mars rover page.
second image is cropped by me with markings..Can you tell me what you think
it is ?  link  http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/    mast cam sol oo3
date of image  2012-08-09 05:09:04  nasa # 003ml0000030000e1_dxxx
    08rubicon
Title: Re: ammo under the ice
Post by: Somamech on September 02, 2012, 11:25:19 PM
Gold Otter!

Alien remains in this ice cap would cap it off :D
Title: Re: ammo under the ice
Post by: deuem on September 03, 2012, 09:11:20 AM
I looked at the photo with Deuem and I did not find anything active. But I would say that the shadow it is casting is very strange compared to the rest of the objects. It is in the wrong place and seems to be on a wall of sorts. Yet the hill fades away. So maybe it is just in the shadow and not a shadow. Figure the shadow out and maybe you will get the object. It is always amazing how clean all the craters are, like they have been groomed. I would think an impact of the size would make a big mess. But there it is, nice and clean. More like a lake bottom.  Deuem