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Nasa photographs rectangular iceberg

59 points by al_ramich 8y ago

pavel_lishin 8y ago
The people running our sim are getting lazy.
- thomk 8y ago
  Well played.
jaequery 8y ago
I saw this the other day that may be even stranger than this rectangular iceberg, which is pretty weird too btw. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1016610/weird-news-youtube-alien-bunker-Antarctica-secret-military-base https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1016610/weird-news-yout...
- suvelx 8y ago
  It wouldn't be the first subterranean military base. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ujx_pND9wg https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ujx_pND9wg
- princekolt 8y ago
  There is nothing weird about that. It's just Kohnen Station. They even have a website[1]. [1]: https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.html https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.htm...
- mynewtb 8y ago
  Before anyone clicks the bait: > What is this TWO KILOMETRE long secret city unearthed by melting ice in Antarctica? > A TWO kilometre long series of 22 sinister-looking structures have been revealed by thawing ice in Antarctica - prompting claims the installation is a World War 3 fall out shelter for the global elite or even a landing pad for incoming aliens. 'Discovered' on Google Earth. My bet is on simple data processing artifacts.
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- moftz 8y ago
  Everything on that site is sensational conspiracy theories and hoaxes. "Sailors fused to ship during electro-magnetic invisibility test", "Secret Alien Bases Found on Moon Using Google Earth" That site is trash and isn't shouldn't be considered news.
  - mmastrac 8y ago
    Isn't that the plot for The Philadelphia Experiment movie? [1] [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087910/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087910/ Edit: yep, tabloid trash story.
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princekolt 8y ago
> It's difficult to tell exactly how big the iceberg is from the photo, but experts said it was probably more than 1.6km (1 mile) across. This is mind-blowing. I'm trying to picture the scale of that thing, and realized a small plane could probably safely land on top of it with much room to spare.
- vwcx 8y ago
  Not just a small plane. Even an Airbus A320 could handle a mile-long runway.
rando444 8y ago
Not that it's particularly interesting, but I also took a photo of a rectangular iceberg: https://imgur.com/a/XNWz0IO https://imgur.com/a/XNWz0IO I bet with some cropping or from a different angle it could be made to look as rectangular as the one in the photo. This was taken off the east coast of Greenland in a helicopter. It's kind of hard to get an idea of scale, but it's rather enormous. 20x bigger than the typical "big ice"
- emiliobumachar 8y ago
  By the way, "cropping" as you used it could mean either of two things.
- jeffwass 8y ago
  How tall do you think that tabular one was in your photo?
sandworm101 8y ago
>> The US space agency said the object's sharp angles and flat surface suggested it had recently broken away from an ice shelf. Cover-up. This is clearly the forth monolith warning us to abandon the Europa-clipper mission.
siffland 8y ago
Aliens.......
madeuptempacct 8y ago
Who is with me to make some iceberg crop circles? YC - fund a giant helicopter with a laser to cut out elaborate designs in the ice? I am not saying it's aliens, but...
CNJ7654 8y ago
muffled 2001 music plays in the background
gmuslera 8y ago
My God, it's full of stars!

59 points by al_ramich 8y ago

pavel_lishin 8y ago

The people running our sim are getting lazy.

thomk 8y ago
Well played.

jaequery 8y ago

I saw this the other day that may be even stranger than this rectangular iceberg, which is pretty weird too btw. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1016610/weird-news-youtube-alien-bunker-Antarctica-secret-military-base https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1016610/weird-news-yout...

suvelx 8y ago
It wouldn't be the first subterranean military base. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ujx_pND9wg https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ujx_pND9wg
princekolt 8y ago
There is nothing weird about that. It's just Kohnen Station. They even have a website[1]. [1]: https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.html https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.htm...
mynewtb 8y ago
Before anyone clicks the bait: > What is this TWO KILOMETRE long secret city unearthed by melting ice in Antarctica? > A TWO kilometre long series of 22 sinister-looking structures have been revealed by thawing ice in Antarctica - prompting claims the installation is a World War 3 fall out shelter for the global elite or even a landing pad for incoming aliens. 'Discovered' on Google Earth. My bet is on simple data processing artifacts.
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moftz 8y ago
Everything on that site is sensational conspiracy theories and hoaxes. "Sailors fused to ship during electro-magnetic invisibility test", "Secret Alien Bases Found on Moon Using Google Earth" That site is trash and isn't shouldn't be considered news.
- mmastrac 8y ago
  Isn't that the plot for The Philadelphia Experiment movie? [1] [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087910/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087910/ Edit: yep, tabloid trash story.
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princekolt 8y ago

> It's difficult to tell exactly how big the iceberg is from the photo, but experts said it was probably more than 1.6km (1 mile) across. This is mind-blowing. I'm trying to picture the scale of that thing, and realized a small plane could probably safely land on top of it with much room to spare.

vwcx 8y ago
Not just a small plane. Even an Airbus A320 could handle a mile-long runway.

rando444 8y ago

Not that it's particularly interesting, but I also took a photo of a rectangular iceberg: https://imgur.com/a/XNWz0IO https://imgur.com/a/XNWz0IO I bet with some cropping or from a different angle it could be made to look as rectangular as the one in the photo. This was taken off the east coast of Greenland in a helicopter. It's kind of hard to get an idea of scale, but it's rather enormous. 20x bigger than the typical "big ice"

emiliobumachar 8y ago
By the way, "cropping" as you used it could mean either of two things.
jeffwass 8y ago
How tall do you think that tabular one was in your photo?

sandworm101 8y ago

>> The US space agency said the object's sharp angles and flat surface suggested it had recently broken away from an ice shelf. Cover-up. This is clearly the forth monolith warning us to abandon the Europa-clipper mission.

siffland 8y ago

Aliens.......

madeuptempacct 8y ago

Who is with me to make some iceberg crop circles? YC - fund a giant helicopter with a laser to cut out elaborate designs in the ice? I am not saying it's aliens, but...

CNJ7654 8y ago

muffled 2001 music plays in the background

gmuslera 8y ago

My God, it's full of stars!