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‘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

Posted on 04/30/2024 12:49:05 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: abyss; agilmore; bencost; bluehole; chetumalbay; gilmore; gilmorestandard; karstformation; karstformations; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; taamjabluehole; tengilmores; tjbh; yucatan
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1 posted on 04/30/2024 12:49:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
for those (like me) with no clue...


2 posted on 04/30/2024 12:50:25 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: nickcarraway

“nearly the height of Trump Tower in Chicago”

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


3 posted on 04/30/2024 12:50:25 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: nickcarraway

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....


4 posted on 04/30/2024 12:52:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: JSM_Liberty

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


5 posted on 04/30/2024 12:52:28 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: xoxox

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


6 posted on 04/30/2024 12:52:48 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: JSM_Liberty

What’s the equivalent Biden measure?

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


7 posted on 04/30/2024 12:53:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: VastRWCon

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


8 posted on 04/30/2024 12:53:48 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

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


9 posted on 04/30/2024 12:53:59 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: nickcarraway

Blue holes run deep..or something like that.


10 posted on 04/30/2024 12:56:31 PM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: nickcarraway

Cenote?


11 posted on 04/30/2024 12:56:56 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: nickcarraway

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


12 posted on 04/30/2024 1:00:36 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this where the aliens are hanging out?


13 posted on 04/30/2024 1:03:22 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: nickcarraway

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


14 posted on 04/30/2024 1:05:19 PM PDT by Mr. Mohasky (Common sense in a world lacking any, will be perceived & construed as an extreme point of view.)
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To: Red Badger

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


15 posted on 04/30/2024 1:07:52 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Red Badger

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


16 posted on 04/30/2024 1:08:45 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: nickcarraway

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


17 posted on 04/30/2024 1:08:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Hatteras

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

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


18 posted on 04/30/2024 1:08:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: xoxox

I want to dive that spot.


19 posted on 04/30/2024 1:10:42 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: Hatteras

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.


20 posted on 04/30/2024 1:11:55 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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