110 Million Cubic Yards Excavated From Under DIA

Over 110 cubic yards was excavated from beneath DIA

"The airport site, though relatively flat, was lowered in some areas and raised in others, requiring the moving of 110 million cubic yards of earth. 110 million cubic yards is approximately one-third the amount of dirt moved during the Panama Canal project. This amount of earth, if dumped into a single pile, would cover 32 city blocks to a depth of one-quarter mile."

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To put it into perspective, this is what 110,000 cubic yards and a little over a 1/4 mile deep looks like. Definitely enough space for an underground city/laboratory.

WTF!

That's huge! Is there an explanation given...that picture is awesome.

Sounds like they are building an underground Ark in preparation for the 2012 doomsday hehehehehehehe...or the impending civil war

Sorry..just looked at the contents of the time capsule from the link that you sent.

That's brilliant. A credit card?!!! Says it all about our society!

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Originally posted by annefran
WTF!

That's huge! Is there an explanation given...that picture is awesome.

Open Pit Diamond Mine in Russia

Doesn't sound so bad really.

Some figures:

The airport is 34,000 acres
An average city block is 6.4 acres

The airport site, though relatively flat, was lowered in some areas and raised in others, requiring the moving of 110 million cubic yards of earth. 110 million cubic yards is approximately one-third the amount of dirt moved during the Panama Canal project. This amount of earth, if dumped into a single pile, would cover 32 city blocks to a depth of one-quarter mile.

So the earth that is removed will cover only 204 acres out of 34,000 acres at a quarter mile deep. That's about 0.6% of the total area.

Of course there is still a possibility of some underground facility being there.

BUT the amount of earth that's been removed isn't clear evidence of that though.