Posted on 05/15/2024 4:31:57 AM PDT by bert
The Russian borehole, called "the entrance to hell," drilled over 12 kilometers deep and encountered unexpected water.
Near the Norwegian border somewhere in the depths of the Arctic Circle in Russia lies the deepest hole ever drilled, once called "the entrance to hell."
The hole was a man-made creation through drilling, creating a depth of over 12 kilometers; which is the height of Mount Everest and Mount Fuji combined.
According to the BBC, locals say the hole, located near the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia, is so deep they can hear the screams of souls from hell. This hole is incredibly deep and narrow, with a width no larger than an average dinner plate.
It took nearly 20 years to drill so deep, but the hole is only a third of the way through Earth's crust with temperatures reaching 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit.)
Unraveling the Earth's depths
It's the deepest man-made hole on Earth, made in a project between May 24, 1970, and 1989. Multiple boreholes were drilled throughout the years branching from a central shaft, with the deepest being drilled in 1989 and reaching 12,262 meters, remaining the deepest artificial point on Earth to this day.
Drilling halted due to extreme heat at a depth of 12.5 km beneath the Earth's surface, causing drilling equipment to malfunction. Despite the impressive depth achievement, it only reached a quarter of Earth's crust that has an average thickness of 30 km. In 1994, drilling officially ceased, and Russia awaited scientific advancements to continue drilling.
A young scientist who worked on a similar borehole project in Germany commented on the Russian hole saying, "When the Russians began drilling, they claimed to have found abundant water, but most scientists didn't believe it. There was a prevailing understanding among Western scientists that the crust was so dense 5 km down that water couldn't penetrate it."
Similar to the Space Race, there was a race to explore the unknown "deep frontier." The US initiated it in 1950 with the first serious plan to drill into the Earth's crust, followed by the Soviets in 1970 and Germany following the two countries in 1990.
Sealing the entrance The latest drilling discovery in Kola revealed rocks aged 2.7 billion years, much wetter than expected. Previously, scientists didn't anticipate water at such depths, expecting instead a basalt layer beneath the continent's granite.
However, they found metamorphic granite (also called gneiss) beneath the granite crust. As the continental crust was granite throughout, it was evidence of plate tectonics, a theory only recently accepted as fact as drilling progressed.
So why did they stop drilling? Despite the incredible depth of the hole, the drilling teams only managed to reach one-third of the way into the Earth's crust. As they approached the uppermost layer of the Earth's crust, things heated up.
At the bottom of the hole, temperatures reached 180 degrees - twice as hot as expected - and much too hot to continue. Since the drilling equipment broke down, and reports suggest there wasn't funding for such projects, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the entire facility was shut down.
The article says the depth i 12 kilometers.
That is, 12262 meters deep.
When Communism finally collapsed in Russia, there was such a great moral and spiritual vacuum it seems that everyone in the nation, without even any debate or disagreement, returned to Christ and traditional Russian culture.
We have changed positions with them. We are the (neo) marxists now.
Oh, I get it. I was wondering where those numbers came from.
Hmmm, I thought the deepest drilled hole belonged to Kamala Harris
No wonder global warming isn’t working. Mom always told them to shut the door—stop letting all the heat out.
ISWYDT
I totally agree. Trump tried; but they are so lazy as well as dumb, always fighting their childhood’s war because it’s the only one they were forced to learn about.
Is that a 6 or a 5 next to the end?
If a 5, it adds up to 12 (and in numerology, it's 3).
If a 6, it adds up to 13 (and in numerology, it's 4).
Art Bell (may he rest in peace)
played a tape of the sounds which came from that hole many times.
it did not sound wholesome and happy.
“Hmmm, I thought the deepest drilled hole belonged to Kamala Harris”
no, there are lots which have been drilled deeper. One of them even testified at a trial the other day.
HA!!
Yeah, that one was worried about being shot by nuts. Hate to tell her, but she’s been shot a lot by nuts
The accidentally taken video of the giant worm near the opening was much more worrisome.
Keep the lid on it, we don’t want to have another “Baby Jessica”.
“I remember hearing the audio taken from this hole on Art Bell’s show years ago. Entrance to Hell sounds about right”.
Skeptic here.
Hear “trees that talk” on YT Shorts.
YES! I remember that episode. It was kinda creepy watching as a kid.
It was!
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