RE: Just how Deep was the Well in the Gulf of Mexico?

[brad kaste]

RE: Just how Deep was the Well in the Gulf of Mexico?

...This graph will visually explain it all.......

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/infographic-tallest-mountain-to-deepest-ocean-trench-0249/

 

[stiz]

thats a really cool image, show its better than "its blah blah meters down"

 

[Wing_Z]

And then the Other Perspective:

35,000ft is about 10.7 km
The earth's diameter is about 12,700km
Scaling this to my standard college-issue 300mm diameter globe of the world, this is 0.25mm.
Which is another way of saying: Just about nothing.
Inside there sits most of the life on the planet.
We really do need to look after it.

 

[jmig]

35,000ft is about 10.7 km
The earth's diameter is about 12,700km
Scaling this to my standard college-issue 300mm diameter globe of the world, this is 0.25mm.
Which is another way of saying: Just about nothing.
Inside there sits most of the life on the planet.
We really do need to look after it.

Maybe if they drill a little deeper they will hit the hot melted rock and cause a volcano. After the gulf has recovered from the volcano (hundred years?) Louisiana would have a barrier island to protect it from hurricanes.

 

[Lionheart]

lolol... Good idea John...


Thanks for the heads up Brad. Awesome graph.



Bill

 

[Bone]

That was a fun chart.