[Windflier]

12,000 feet up a mountain begs the question where the water went.

Evaporation due to global warming? LOL

I'm only half joking about that. I wonder where sea level would rise to if all of the ice melted at both poles?

Could humans survive the sort of sustained temperatures that could cause such a melt? Hmm...doubt it.

Ok, so if the sea couldn't rise 12,000 feet - even if only temporarily, then how did those boats (if that's what they are) get up there?

Tidal wave?

Perhaps sea levels were already much higher then, than they are today, and something caused them to temporarily rise to where those artifacts now rest.

[April Lexington]

I’ve often wondered about the parched conditions on Mars. Could our oceans be evaporating into outer space? If so... was it Bush’s fault???? /sac/

[goat granny]

I don’t think the sea level would raise much if the ice melted...but it would spread out....Drop some ice cubes in a glass of water and when they melt, the water is at almost the same level as when you put them in the water..(I think)