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ROCK BOTTOM World’s deepest hole dubbed ‘well to HELL’ plunges 40,000 feet
The Sun ^ | 25 Aug 2019 | Charlotte Edwards

Posted on 08/25/2019 10:32:54 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Over two decades, they managed to dig more than 7.5 miles down into the Earth.

However, in 1992 they had to stop drilling because the temperature was around 180 degrees Celsius, which was far hotter than the scientists predicted it would be.

If you fell down the hole, it would take around 3.5 to 4 minutes to reach the bottom.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Is this anything like Project Mohole back in the 1960s?

This is Mohole’s big brother.


21 posted on 08/25/2019 10:56:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: Calvin Locke

Great song BTW. I read about the meaning of every line and it references more things than an encyclopedia.

Brilliant song.


22 posted on 08/25/2019 10:56:23 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This might be deeper than Mel’s Hole.


23 posted on 08/25/2019 10:57:51 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: DUMBGRUNT

24 posted on 08/25/2019 10:58:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Did they reach China?

Also, since EVERY deep hole in this hemisphere was supposedly deep enough to reach China, when the Chinese dig a hole what is the comparative destination?


25 posted on 08/25/2019 10:58:57 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: xrmusn

What do you call a Chinese restaurant in China?


26 posted on 08/25/2019 11:02:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Billthedrill

At the bottom they discovered socks. Single, unpaired socks. Some of them are mine.

Reversal of the Law of Parity???

No way!!

A young engineer I’d worked with often came in with mismatched socks!
But one day he came in smiling!
He threw away all his existing socks and purchased a dozen white pairs and a dozen black pairs.

TRUE!!!


27 posted on 08/25/2019 11:03:28 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DoodleBob

https://felixthecat.fandom.com/wiki/Rock_Bottom


28 posted on 08/25/2019 11:06:50 AM PDT by rfp1234 (NBC: Putting the TURD in Saturday.)
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To: xrmusn

Antipode finder

https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes

Antipode of Chicago, Illinois, United States
The opposite side of the world to Chicago is Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen, French Southern Territories.


29 posted on 08/25/2019 11:06:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Did they name it “Miley”? Seven and a half Miley deep!

And it goes both ways.

30 posted on 08/25/2019 11:07:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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31 posted on 08/25/2019 11:12:39 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: xrmusn
"Also, since EVERY deep hole in this hemisphere was supposedly deep enough to reach China,..."

Not in England:

Presently she began again. "I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards!...

... "—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?"


32 posted on 08/25/2019 11:13:32 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: DUMBGRUNT
ROCK BOTTOM World’s deepest hole dubbed ‘well to HELL’ plunges 40,000 feet

This is where all of the "Great Society" money goes.

33 posted on 08/25/2019 11:16:56 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We already have geothermal wells a lot shallower that are producing energy, but I’d guess we could always use more.


34 posted on 08/25/2019 11:17:44 AM PDT by umgud
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To: DoodleBob
I think of three things when I hear Rock Bottom:

Gee, only two came to mind for me:



And Dave Barry's band, "The Rock Bottom Remainders".
35 posted on 08/25/2019 11:19:34 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: Calvin Locke

Lewis Carroll took the time to look at a globe!!!

Antipode of London, England, United Kingdom
The opposite side of the world to London is Portobello, Otago, New Zealand.

https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/united-kingdom/england/london


36 posted on 08/25/2019 11:19:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
What Would Happen if You Jumped Through the Center of the Earth?

...But even if you managed to make a tube that allowed you to pass through the magma, sucked all the air out of the tube, and wore a spacesuit so that you could breath, there would still be problems. Namely, the rotation of the planet. In short, about halfway to the center of the Earth you would be moving sideways about 1,500 mph (2400 kmh) faster than the walls of your tube. This fact is obviously terribly bad for your long-term health. You would bounce and bang and careen off the sides of the tube and, well, die.

But putting all of these issue aside (and several others that I’ve failed to mention), if you could jump through the Earth, your momentum would keep you traveling through to the other side. And how many minuets would this take?

42. And that, as we all know, is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

37 posted on 08/25/2019 11:20:48 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: umgud

We already have geothermal wells a lot shallower that are producing energy, but I’d guess we could always use more.

Does pumping heat from deep in the earth add to global warming???

Might not be clean and green!

You can work a geothermal well to death!
Extract too much heat and the recovery period is, like forever.


38 posted on 08/25/2019 11:24:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: Moonmad27
SpongeBob is a source of great lines. The entire DoodleBob family uses this line when we are away from the city and streetlights....


39 posted on 08/25/2019 11:25:25 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Mole men. Better get Clark.


40 posted on 08/25/2019 11:27:51 AM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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