‘Blue hole’ is largest ever discovered at 1.3K feet deep — and scientists haven’t reached the bottom yet

New York Post ^ | 4/30 | Ben Cost

[nickcarraway]

Scientists have identified what could potentially be the “deepest known blue hole” in the world, extending so far down that the bottom has not yet been reached.

Researchers described how the underwater abyss’s extensive depths could harbor a “biodiversity to be explored” in a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.

Indeed, new measurements taken during a December scuba-diving expedition indicate that the Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH), located in Chetumal Bay off the Yucatan Peninsula, extends at least 1,380 feet (420 meters) below sea level — nearly the height of Trump Tower in Chicago. That’s 480 feet deeper than the previous record holder, the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, aka the Dragon Hole, in the South China Sea, which measures 990 feet to the bottom. Known in scientific circles as Karst formations, blue holes are actually vertical marine caves that were carved over thousands of years by glacial runoff during the Ice Age, according to Discovery.com.

[xoxox]

for those (like me) with no clue...

[JSM_Liberty]

“nearly the height of Trump Tower in Chicago”

is that the new NY Post unit of measure, comparing to Trump properties.

[Red Badger]

There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea....

There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea....

There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea....

There’s a hole....

There’s a hole...

There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea....

[rdl6989]

I didn’t there was a Trump Tower in Chicago.

[VastRWCon]

My new secret fishing spot. Don’t tell anyone.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What’s the equivalent Biden measure?

The length of his outstretched arms as he grabs another little girl? The length of his Corvette?

[Army Air Corps]

Gimmie $20, and I’ll keep my trap shut.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

We’re saved! The excess water from global warming now has a place to go.

[Leep]

Blue holes run deep..or something like that.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Cenote?

[jacknhoo]

Considering most of the ocean is over 2000 fathoms deep, it’s not that deep.

[CaptainK]

Is this where the aliens are hanging out?

[Mr. Mohasky]

So in other words; it’s the holiest of holies!

[Hatteras]

There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a log, there’s a log...
There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea

[Ed Condon]

There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.

[Beowulf9]

Oh, good! A place to put the illegals...

[Red Badger]

And the green grass grew all around, all around...

And the green grass grew all around...........................

[TermLimits4All]

I want to dive that spot.

[Dead Corpse]

There’s a branch on the log in the hole
in the bottom of the sea.
There’s a branch on the log in the hole
in the bottom of the sea.
There’s a branch. There’s a branch.
There’s a branch on the log in the hole
in the bottom of the sea.