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filenox ◴[] No.45152845[source]
Most wells at Cape Station are between 8,000 and 9,000 feet deep, and the deepest one extends a mind-blowing 15,000 feet below the surface. That is about the depth you'd get to if you stacked 50 Statues of Liberty on top of each other!

For those who prefer a less American-centric metric: 8,000–9,000 feet is approximately 2.5 kilometers. 15,000 feet is about 4.5 kilometers — roughly the height of 14 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other!

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1. realityfactchex ◴[] No.45153746[source]
Actually, 3 miles means a lot more to Americans than 15,000 feet, much like your 2.5 kilometers.

And 50 football fields would mean a lot more, to less measurement-aware Americans.