Scientists took 232 gravity readings across a Utah mountain and discovered 1.55 million cubic metres of ice hidden beneath loose rock, enough frozen water to fill about 600 Olympic swimming pools
- Timpanogos Rock Glacier ice discoveryFrom a distance it looks like nothing more than a sprawling pile of rocks high in Utah’s Wasatch Range.
- But beneath the rubble of Mount Timpanogos is a spectacular hidden reservoir: ice enough to hold some 1.55 million cubic meters of water, which is about 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- Now, researchers at the University of Utah have mapped this invisible ice using an unusual approach: measuring tiny variations in gravity across the rocky landscape, the university website reports.
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- Timpanogos Rock Glacier ice discoveryFrom a distance it looks like nothing more than a sprawling pile of rocks high in Utah’s Wasatch Range.
- But beneath the rubble of Mount Timpanogos is a spectacular hidden reservoir: ice enough to hold some 1.55 million cubic meters of water, which is about 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- Now, researchers at the University of Utah have mapped this invisible ice using an unusual approach: measuring tiny variations in gravity across the rocky landscape, the university website reports.
Sources: Times of India