I can't really get over the fact that the deepest point on Earth that we've actually made ourselves as people is now covered up with a metal Rusty cap and the actual building is decrepit and abandoned......damn
When you mentioned the area that fits the height of the Empire State Building, it reminded me of a mine shaft in Jerome Arizona, which supposedly can fit two or three Empire State buildings, and has a glass that you can stand on as your stare into the void below.
i think you are talking about the mineshaft at Audrey headframe park which is 1900 feet a bit taller then the empire state building but its not 2-3 times the height of it
I went to Jerome back in the late 90's and was told about the haunted hotel. Then one day I found a video on youtube about it. I didn't know about the mine though, just that Jerome was known for copper mines.
@@bruce2357 Yeah, apparently that whole town is dedicated to haunted stuff. But if you get the chance to go back , there’s this great restaurant called “The Haunted Hamburger.”
@@JohnTheBeanLover I know this is a month old and all, but when they say they can fit three empire state buildings, they mean that you can put three of them in there next to each other. Not that you can stack them vertically.
Funny holiday story about the Dead Sea: My late dad was a avid yatchsman and also a ocean swimmer. He lived in the salt water all his life and often swam with no goggles. So we are staying at a hotel in Jordan that was situated right on the Dead Sea shore line. My dad had enough of swimming in fresh water pool. So he went up stairs got himself all prepped to go down to the Dead Sea for a swim and take photos with the family. We get to the shore line. As I’m looking away dad runs straight into the Dead Sea water like he would at the beach at home and dives down in the water head first. He stands up super quick screaming and yelling like his in severe pain. I turn around to look over to him and I’m like omg dad! What’s wrong! Are you ok? as he continues screaming in severe pain. I keep looking at him as he is clutching his face and eyes wondering what the hell is going on.. I ask him what’s wrong? He yells out “my face! My face! My eyes! They buuuuurn!” Turns out the idiot had clean shaved his face and half opened his eyes to see under water in literally the most saltiest place on earth lol He had no fresh water to wash off the salt and had to run pretty much blind and his face on fire up a massive flight of stairs to wash himself off. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and to this day wonder what on earth was he thinking going head first, eyes half open with a clean shaven face into the Dead Sea. It also reminds me that I inherited his genes -_-
I find it rather strange that you did not talk about Litke Deep, which is technically the true natural deepest point on Earth depending on your definition of this, since it is the closest point to the center of the Earth from the surface It is a trench in the Artic Ocean whose depht is about 5,449m (17,881ft) under sea level. Due to the Earth not being a true sphere, but rather an ellipsoid that is more flattened at the poles, it means that the Earth surface at the poles is much closer to the center of the planet than at the equator. Thus, while not being that deep under sea level compared to Marianna Trench, this difference in the Earth surface altitude make Litke Deep 6,351.61km (3,947mi) away from the center of the planet, while Challenger Deep is 14km (9mi) farther away, at about 6,337km (3,938mi); and therefore, the deepest natural point on Earth surface, interpreted as the closest point on Earth surface to the center of the planet Basic info about Litke Deep can be found on Wikipedia at : - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Lowest_natural_points - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litke_Deep
Distance from some form of surface has always seen more use than from the center when it comes to comparing depth/height. Using the Earth's bulge is less accurate as we can't physically measure the distance and have to rely on broader estimates than when measuring from the surface.
Great video and animation. I think one comparable like empire state building or eiffel tower or whatever you prefer to use, be used across the board. Switching to canyons or mountains or other buildings doesnt give the impact of how much deeper one is vs the other. Just my feedback.
The crack on the window was NOT the pressure window, but the outwr windiw there to stop impacts on the pressure window. Had it been the pressure window they would have died before they even knew they were dying.
Imagine a world in which children could choose to watch and learn from the 'Debunked' videos instead of being forced to sit through unenthusiastic delivery of 45-minute-long monologues given by their teachers.. No one would ever skip school. Thanks for another excellent video!
Thank you @@speen9430 It's because of my recent inconsistent upload schedule. It's getting back on track now and hopefully the views will start to reflect that 🤞
i actually knew about the Kola Borehole way back when i was a curious kid and did some research for school, but i thought at first it was the Coca-Cola Borehole and they got their Ingredients from there... yes i believed it for an embarrasing year.
@@ProtoMekka Pepsi uses water from the Challenger Deep, whereas Coca Cola uses heated minerals from the Kola Borehole. Which is the superior drink now?!
Wish they would continue with the project now. We probably have the technology to keep going deeper now. Would be cool to see what other surprises it has in store considering the abundance of surprises it has already presented the scientific community with.
You'd need to find a really good excuse to do it again because it's gonna be expensive. High temperature isn't the only challenge at that depth but Rocks behave more like liquid than Solid which makes boring really difficult.
@@90enemies So far the excuse has been curiosity. Like with space and space satellites and mars rovers. Trying to figure out how to drill through such rock could help us out with something else in the future. There is always knowledge to be gained from such ventures i believe.
There is more to it as they tried to drop microphone in it and heard people scream like a pit of hell, also some Claim that demonic things came out of it, so they just abandoned it.
@@tikfamily7925 I know about that but its just superstition lol. The earth's crust is constantly moving and shifting. And the deeper you go, the denser the materials in the ground are and since you have 12 km of this hole, it's not surprising that you hear all that creeking echo all the way up.
I'm happy there's a tiny bit of good content in this video that I haven't seen in others. most just rehash the same info, but I learned at least a little something new from this
They had to stop drilling on the Kola Borehole because at that depth the heat and pressure made the rock sorta flow like putty so there was no way to keep it cleared.
Since the Kola Borehole has been capped for years how do we know if it is still open? I think it likely that geological pressures closed the hole shortly after the drill site was abandoned.
I mean, north Russia isn't exactly known for its earthquakes or any other seismic activity, and the rock composition is favorable for drilling. They've had multiple breaks between drilling attempts too, some lasting many months, and the hole was still open at a depth of around 9000 meters where they typically branched out. Last attempt was in the year 1994. The lowest sections probably collapsed a long time ago but I wouldn't be surprised if the hole was still open part way through, maybe even down to the depth of some 8000-9000 meters. Who knows... Also, fun fact: if Kola Borehole was wide enough for a human and you jumped into its deepest part, you'd have over three and a half minutes to reflect on your life choices before you reached the bottom.
@@B3RyL imaginen falling but the thing that kills you isnt falling or hitting the ground, but its the heat that is slowly rising to 180 degrees and cooks you alive before you even reach the bottom
@@stonksrgud7645 it would take about 50 seconds to reach the bottom in a freefall, doubt thats long enough to die from the heat (and since the last 4KM takes about 9 seconds, you would definitely die from the impact, not by boiling alive)
"I beg to differ. The deepest cave system is under Snæfellsjökull in Iceland" - Arne Saknussemm. (Here's hoping this makes some kids read the book.) Edit: Great video.
Speaking of sea level, that's where Everest gets its claim to fame. But measured from the center of the planet, if you want to get closest to the stars, head to Ecuador. Mt. Chimborazo's peak is over 7,000 feet further into space than Everest due to the bulge at the equator.
You're confusing distance from the Earth's center with closeness to space. Chimborazo is the farthest from the center of the Earth, but that doesn't make it closer to space than Mount Everest. The Earth's solid surface has an equatorial bulge, but so does the atmosphere (lucky for us, because it's so thin that if it didn't have an equatorial bulge, there would be no air to breathe at the equator).
@@gabrielrockman Well noted, I stand corrected. I erroneously added "farthest into space". But still in all, to get as far away from the Earth's center while still on terra firma, head to Ecuador. I wonder how many climbers would have skipped their Everest trip had they known that!
The 1960 Mariana Trench mission was a US Navy project, which deserves a shout out since you gave the nationality of just about every other venture. The accomplishment was somewhat comparable to the moon landing. More people had visited the moon than Challenger Deep until the recent missions of Texan Victor Viscovo. The Americans bought the Trieste from Italy and modified it for deeper exploration. The sub was tugged by the USS Wandak and supported by project flagship USS Lewis. American LT Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard, son of the original sub designer, made the descent. They were the only men to go there until James Cameron's expedition 52 years later. Walsh's son repeated his father's feat (with much more advanced technology) on one of the Viscovo ventures in 2020 and became the 12th person to reach Challenger Deep, finally tying the number who have walked on the moon.
Because the mantle, outer core, and inner core have effects that can be observed outside of their actual location. That's like asking how we can know that there's a thunderstorm if we haven't been hit by lightning.
I have to wonder then how do they know what is beyond the 12.2km point? Our school text books had pretty pictures of all the layers and the core. But if never been tested or proven why is it stated as fact what the inner earth looks like.
Its tested by using seismic waves and studying the minerals in volcanoes. Recording how earthquakes travel through the Earth gives data of the interior structure. The material in the upper mantle is known as Peridot and is occasionally expelled by volcanoes.
As DoomFingers stated, they use multiple seismographs to measure the delay from one device to another, and with complex math, that tells them about the density and rough information about composition of the earth.
@Rob Arthur Well...sorta. It's a complex topic. I'm sure they have extensive catalogues where they measured test locations and dug up core samples to see if their predictions were correct. They must have gotten enough predictions correct to say with confidence what the layers are made of. It's like mapping out areas of the brain: they can't say for certain what certain connections do, but after enough experimentation...they have a pretty good idea. Better then me and you at least.
Most stars stop at fusing elements at iron. Since a lot of them went supernova and expelled all of these iron out, they're the heaviest elements around. They eventually coalesced into the iron cores, which then attracted the star dust clouds of other elements with their gravity to form planets. The intense pressure from the mantle prevents the inner core from melting. Since the mantle and the core are made up of different materials, and the sun/moon forces the planet to rotate, the core moves enough that it grinds against the mantle and the friction melts the outer most layer of the iron core for it to become "liquid". Iron melts with enough heat on it's own, meanwhile rock requires intense pressure, heat, and some water to turn into magma, which isn't present deep in the mantle so that's why the mantle is just a solid rock.
I remember when we as a species had to send James Cameron down to the bottom of the Challenger Deep to “raise the bar” for humanity because it sank so low.
5:30 Using weighted ropes to measure the Mariana trench I'd have been convinced the rope was just coiling up at that point lol. absolutely amazing what people accomplished without tech.
I played minecraft 3-5 years ago. And thought caves were pretty cool, until I found out about what they actually are, which is a tiny crevice in the earth that will be super dangerous to enter.
07:08 I'm not convinced "only certain species ... are able to survive in this brutal environment" is because of the pressure. I think the lack of nutrients is the limiting factor. People go on about the "crushing" pressure, but actually, the animals have their whole bodies inside and out at that pressure; it's not a threat. We humans are being "crushed" by atmospheric pressure of 10,000 kg per square meter (14 pounds per square inch USA) and we don't even notice it.
Okay, so you travel to the Mariana trench and get out of the submersible then, just make sure you have plenty of nutrient-rich food and you'll be fine!
At a certain point during drilling they lowered some microphones down into the Siberian hole. The staff was shocked about what they heard, there were howling and scream noises from the inside of the hole. They thought this to be the entrance to hell, got scared and refused to drill further. The project came to a grinding halt. This is a more realistic explanation than the high temperatures, isn't it?
Can you take one object to compare the heights/depths? Like...in one part you compare with stacked Burj Khalifa towers, the other with Chrysler building, and other with mountains...just pick one...or use all of them on each comparison.
Just curious, if we can’t even dig through the first layer of the earths crust, how do we know we are running out of fossil fuels ? I mean we can’t even dig through the first layer. It seems a bit of a stretch when people talk about how we are going to run out of coal or oil. Perhaps we may but not for thousands of years
The Russians have a saying, "The oil is where the oil is." The implication is that many Russian oil men believe that oil is generated at specific geological locations, by deep subterranean processes, and that what seeps to the surface if effectively replenished over time. One of the strange things they found when drilling the Kola borehole was a layer of material, a mixture of hydrogen gas, mud slurry of carbonate rocks, and water. From memory, it was around 6km. This did not prove that oil was created by deep geological processes, but it did prove that the precursors for the creation of oil existed in vast quantities, at high temperatures and pressures. The Japanese have taken a keen interest, and seek to drill their own deep holes in the thin plate found in the pacific ocean. The holy grail of oil exploration would be to tap into a currently mythical "layer" of oil, from which seemingly endless quantities of oil could be extracted. This is all vile heresy to the Church of Western Scarcity, which holds the dinosaur juice theory to be a critical article of faith.
When people say the deepest point on earth while talking about the Mariana Trench...they are talking about the deepest NATURALLY formed spot, not manmade one. They are taking a common sense bit of conversation and making it something it's not. Nobody is making a mistake, there are talking about different things.
Worth noting is that the Challenger Deep will not be the deepest point forever. The next time the Mariana Trench ruptures in that spot, the slip will cover the entire canyon, and another trench will claim the title of deepest point in the ocean.
That's only if you could hold the entire Earth in your hand like a queue ball. Similarly, if you could do that, you could also wipe all of the Earth's ocean water off with a hand towel.
I wonder if any Russians working on that borehole ever gave in to temptation and urinated down it. They could then truthfully say they took the world's longest leak.
Throughout this whole video I was thinking that Soviet Bore hole! How come they havent mentioned that yet? It was massive. Getting ready for a nice bit of 'Well actually debunked I think you'll find...." Then 7:55 rolled around and... Hurrah! there it is!
Because how do you explore and mesure something that is filled with toxic gases, molten rocks and metals and lava ? Think… since we at it, why don’t we dig all the way to the core too?
You're right, as we're such a small team (with me being the only permanent member) it's really difficult to guarantee a solid release schedule. I am trying hard to get there though.
I am proud of my country and at the same time very saddened that we have sunk to the bottom, great discoveries and research in the field of geography, space, nuclear science, weapons, geology and a unique political system have turned to cinder, and a poisoned phoenix has appeared in its ashes, insatiable and devouring all the riches accumulated by a great country
So what would happen if we channeled water from the mediterranean to the dead sea? Like just fill the whole region up as much as we can until water level reaches sea level.
So the deepest point humanity has ever reached, and (going in the opposite direction) that thickness of the atmosphere, and both roughly 10miles. On a globe this would be the thickness of a piece of paper. Totally insignificant in the scale of the planet. But it does remind us that the atmosphere, upon which all human life depends, is thinner than the distance most of us travel every day.
Isn’t the Karman line 100 km (@62 statute miles) MSL ? And the altitude record for a winged, jet (air-breathing) powered aircraft is 123 k feet (37 km; 23 mi) ... Admittedly, that’s above the Armstrong limit, but there’s still enough atmosphere up there to power a jet engine.
I have a stupid question\idea. So we count Mariana trench which is submerged underwater. Why not count holes submerged in other liquids? Wouldn't an active volcano be the deepest (natural) hole thus? :)
Water is a liquid that we can pass through (with vehicles, not our bodies), even at extremely high pressures found at the bottom of the ocean. We currently do not have any technology capable of passing through many kilometers deep of lava.
I so love that they use both metric and imperial systems. For those of us in the very few countries that use the imperial system, it's so helpful. I never have to Google conversion charts when watching their videos. It's the little things lol.
@@mrsteinbergenson7348 Well the thing is that only three countries in the entire world don't use the metric system lol. Of which, the U.S. is one. Yet and still it is so foreign to me that I have to google conversion charts all the time to figure out distances, weight, and that sort of thing. I'm too old to bother with trying to learn a different system of weights and measurements 😊
Imagine being at the bottom of the mariana trench after a super tense 5 hours of descent and hearing a loud "crack". I think I would shit my pants so quickly that the pressure would rival that outside the submarine.
There is another measure of the 'deepest' place on Earth that you didn't mention, that is to say, the place closest to the geometric centre of the globe. The Earth is not a perfect sphere, it's flattened at the poles, which makes polar sea level much closer to the centre of the earth than at the equator (21.5 kilometres). This makes the sea level at the geographic north pole the 'deepest' point on the surface as measured from the centre of the Earth. The deepest underwater surface by the same measure is the Litke Deep in the Arctic Ocean. It is nearly 15km closer the the centre of the Earth than the Challenger Deep.
@@chrisreynolds7164 comments aren't shown equally to each person. I've scrolled for a while and have only seen this guy mention it. No need to be rude.
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I can't really get over the fact that the deepest point on Earth that we've actually made ourselves as people is now covered up with a metal Rusty cap and the actual building is decrepit and abandoned......damn
Need someone to dissappear? Chuck them down that hole!
@@rygerety8384 the hole is to small for a human to fit
@@eclipseter3656 chopp them up then throw them
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Oil companies have drilled deeper
Deepest point on Earth is the bottomless pit that is my ex's heart.
Depth of heart is much than rivers and seas depth
Or her box
... and her lawyer is so low he billed you for a telescope so he can see up from the pit into your wallet.
@@sunnyofabish7835 Unlikely. The box gets tied up with all sorts of strings or it gets tossed soon after the wedding ::(
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I swam over the Marina Trench back in 76/77 on a Coast Guard cadet training cruise. 36,000 feet of water baby. Kinda spooky too...
Cool!
I was once over the Mariana trench too......until her mother walked in.
LOL!
Damn, dropped my keys….
I'm joining the coast guard in January. I'm really excited.
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When you mentioned the area that fits the height of the Empire State Building, it reminded me of a mine shaft in Jerome Arizona, which supposedly can fit two or three Empire State buildings, and has a glass that you can stand on as your stare into the void below.
i think you are talking about the mineshaft at Audrey headframe park which is 1900 feet a bit taller then the empire state building but its not 2-3 times the height of it
I went to Jerome back in the late 90's and was told about the haunted hotel.
Then one day I found a video on youtube about it.
I didn't know about the mine though, just that Jerome was known for copper mines.
@@bruce2357 Yeah, apparently that whole town is dedicated to haunted stuff. But if you get the chance to go back , there’s this great restaurant called “The Haunted Hamburger.”
@@JohnTheBeanLover I know this is a month old and all, but when they say they can fit three empire state buildings, they mean that you can put three of them in there next to each other. Not that you can stack them vertically.
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Funny holiday story about the Dead Sea: My late dad was a avid yatchsman and also a ocean swimmer. He lived in the salt water all his life and often swam with no goggles.
So we are staying at a hotel in Jordan that was situated right on the Dead Sea shore line. My dad had enough of swimming in fresh water pool. So he went up stairs got himself all prepped to go down to the Dead Sea for a swim and take photos with the family.
We get to the shore line. As I’m looking away dad runs straight into the Dead Sea water like he would at the beach at home and dives down in the water head first. He stands up super quick screaming and yelling like his in severe pain. I turn around to look over to him and I’m like omg dad! What’s wrong! Are you ok? as he continues screaming in severe pain.
I keep looking at him as he is clutching his face and eyes wondering what the hell is going on..
I ask him what’s wrong?
He yells out “my face! My face! My eyes! They buuuuurn!”
Turns out the idiot had clean shaved his face and half opened his eyes to see under water in literally the most saltiest place on earth lol
He had no fresh water to wash off the salt and had to run pretty much blind and his face on fire up a massive flight of stairs to wash himself off.
It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and to this day wonder what on earth was he thinking going head first, eyes half open with a clean shaven face into the Dead Sea. It also reminds me that I inherited his genes -_-
Yeah dont make kids
@@da1vinci1edi it was his dad not his son lmao
I find it rather strange that you did not talk about Litke Deep, which is technically the true natural deepest point on Earth depending on your definition of this, since it is the closest point to the center of the Earth from the surface
It is a trench in the Artic Ocean whose depht is about 5,449m (17,881ft) under sea level. Due to the Earth not being a true sphere, but rather an ellipsoid that is more flattened at the poles, it means that the Earth surface at the poles is much closer to the center of the planet than at the equator. Thus, while not being that deep under sea level compared to Marianna Trench, this difference in the Earth surface altitude make Litke Deep 6,351.61km (3,947mi) away from the center of the planet, while Challenger Deep is 14km (9mi) farther away, at about 6,337km (3,938mi); and therefore, the deepest natural point on Earth surface, interpreted as the closest point on Earth surface to the center of the planet
Basic info about Litke Deep can be found on Wikipedia at :
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Lowest_natural_points
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litke_Deep
Doesn't fit the narrative.
i watched this video in hope of finding something like that
Distance from some form of surface has always seen more use than from the center when it comes to comparing depth/height. Using the Earth's bulge is less accurate as we can't physically measure the distance and have to rely on broader estimates than when measuring from the surface.
You say that the Challenger Deep is 14km farther away from the center of the earth, but your numbers say the opposite.
The Wikipedia article on Litke Deep however says Molloy Deep is the deepest trench in the Arctic?
Great video and animation. I think one comparable like empire state building or eiffel tower or whatever you prefer to use, be used across the board. Switching to canyons or mountains or other buildings doesnt give the impact of how much deeper one is vs the other. Just my feedback.
The crack on the window was NOT the pressure window, but the outwr windiw there to stop impacts on the pressure window. Had it been the pressure window they would have died before they even knew they were dying.
Yeah that's... exactly what they said in the video
Idiotic comment
Grammar is a joke to you
Imagine a world in which children could choose to watch and learn from the 'Debunked' videos instead of being forced to sit through unenthusiastic delivery of 45-minute-long monologues given by their teachers.. No one would ever skip school.
Thanks for another excellent video!
Such high praise! Thank you, you make me blush ☺️
Not even joking we got to watch an infographics show video
@@DebunkedOfficial why are you only getting 13k veiws you need more
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i actually knew about the Kola Borehole way back when i was a curious kid and did some research for school, but i thought at first it was the Coca-Cola Borehole and they got their Ingredients from there... yes i believed it for an embarrasing year.
Coca cola secret ingredient, heated minerals
.... need a hug?
@@ProtoMekka Pepsi uses water from the Challenger Deep, whereas Coca Cola uses heated minerals from the Kola Borehole.
Which is the superior drink now?!
Wish they would continue with the project now. We probably have the technology to keep going deeper now. Would be cool to see what other surprises it has in store considering the abundance of surprises it has already presented the scientific community with.
We might see
You'd need to find a really good excuse to do it again because it's gonna be expensive.
High temperature isn't the only challenge at that depth but Rocks behave more like liquid than Solid which makes boring really difficult.
@@90enemies So far the excuse has been curiosity. Like with space and space satellites and mars rovers. Trying to figure out how to drill through such rock could help us out with something else in the future. There is always knowledge to be gained from such ventures i believe.
There is more to it as they tried to drop microphone in it and heard people scream like a pit of hell, also some Claim that demonic things came out of it, so they just abandoned it.
@@tikfamily7925 I know about that but its just superstition lol. The earth's crust is constantly moving and shifting. And the deeper you go, the denser the materials in the ground are and since you have 12 km of this hole, it's not surprising that you hear all that creeking echo all the way up.
It's ironic that the kola borehole, sg-3 was the same hole they claimed to hear the screams of the torture souls in hell.
open up the hole and drop a camera, mic, and thermometer and see if they truly found hell
Some of the comments and sentiments are really deep and almost concerning.
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Already knew most of this. I've been watching too much youtube.
There's a "your mom" joke to be made somewhere around here.
Funny enough I was just thinking about that lmao XD
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Easily one of the coolest videos I've seen this year
Thanks so much!
I got that sinking feeling...
I was enthralled by the video! High video production quality!
Thanks! Is this the first time you’ve seen one of our videos?
I'm happy there's a tiny bit of good content in this video that I haven't seen in others. most just rehash the same info, but I learned at least a little something new from this
How many deep hole videos are you watching
They had to stop drilling on the Kola Borehole because at that depth the heat and pressure made the rock sorta flow like putty so there was no way to keep it cleared.
Before watching I'm 95% sure he's gonna talk about the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which goes down 12 km and was dug by the russians
I got that sinking feeling...
I love the fact that the deepest point on earth has the equivalent of "just put a rug over it"
So damn human
Since the Kola Borehole has been capped for years how do we know if it is still open? I think it likely that geological pressures closed the hole shortly after the drill site was abandoned.
We don't know. But we know it was achieved. I would say video should not be understood as "right now" but rather as "ever in history"
They probably used some kind of fluid to keep the hole. Just like it is done in oil drillings.
I mean, north Russia isn't exactly known for its earthquakes or any other seismic activity, and the rock composition is favorable for drilling. They've had multiple breaks between drilling attempts too, some lasting many months, and the hole was still open at a depth of around 9000 meters where they typically branched out. Last attempt was in the year 1994. The lowest sections probably collapsed a long time ago but I wouldn't be surprised if the hole was still open part way through, maybe even down to the depth of some 8000-9000 meters. Who knows...
Also, fun fact: if Kola Borehole was wide enough for a human and you jumped into its deepest part, you'd have over three and a half minutes to reflect on your life choices before you reached the bottom.
@@B3RyL imaginen falling but the thing that kills you isnt falling or hitting the ground, but its the heat that is slowly rising to 180 degrees and cooks you alive before you even reach the bottom
@@stonksrgud7645 it would take about 50 seconds to reach the bottom in a freefall, doubt thats long enough to die from the heat (and since the last 4KM takes about 9 seconds, you would definitely die from the impact, not by boiling alive)
"I beg to differ. The deepest cave system is under Snæfellsjökull in Iceland" - Arne Saknussemm. (Here's hoping this makes some kids read the book.)
Edit: Great video.
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Are you talking about this system or under this system? Looks amazing
@@MThomasB not correct
wrong ..!!!!
Thank you for not only using feet, ozes, F and apples.. Finally some serious scientific measurement
Speaking of sea level, that's where Everest gets its claim to fame. But measured from the center of the planet, if you want to get closest to the stars, head to Ecuador.
Mt. Chimborazo's peak is over 7,000 feet further into space than Everest due to the bulge at the equator.
Mauna Kea is the world' "tallest" mountain measured from its base, which is below sea level.
You're confusing distance from the Earth's center with closeness to space.
Chimborazo is the farthest from the center of the Earth, but that doesn't make it closer to space than Mount Everest. The Earth's solid surface has an equatorial bulge, but so does the atmosphere (lucky for us, because it's so thin that if it didn't have an equatorial bulge, there would be no air to breathe at the equator).
@@gabrielrockman Well noted, I stand corrected.
I erroneously added "farthest into space". But still in all, to get as far away from the Earth's center while still on terra firma, head to Ecuador.
I wonder how many climbers would have skipped their Everest trip had they known that!
The 1960 Mariana Trench mission was a US Navy project, which deserves a shout out since you gave the nationality of just about every other venture. The accomplishment was somewhat comparable to the moon landing. More people had visited the moon than Challenger Deep until the recent missions of Texan Victor Viscovo. The Americans bought the Trieste from Italy and modified it for deeper exploration. The sub was tugged by the USS Wandak and supported by project flagship USS Lewis. American LT Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard, son of the original sub designer, made the descent. They were the only men to go there until James Cameron's expedition 52 years later. Walsh's son repeated his father's feat (with much more advanced technology) on one of the Viscovo ventures in 2020 and became the 12th person to reach Challenger Deep, finally tying the number who have walked on the moon.
Nice 👍🏼
How do humans know that there are Mantle, Outer core, and Inner core when humans can only reach 7.5 miles deep?
Hawaiian islands exist because there is a hole in mantle that burns up the crust above it as the crust drifts, as plates are know to do.
Seismology
Because the mantle, outer core, and inner core have effects that can be observed outside of their actual location.
That's like asking how we can know that there's a thunderstorm if we haven't been hit by lightning.
I have to wonder then how do they know what is beyond the 12.2km point? Our school text books had pretty pictures of all the layers and the core. But if never been tested or proven why is it stated as fact what the inner earth looks like.
Its tested by using seismic waves and studying the minerals in volcanoes. Recording how earthquakes travel through the Earth gives data of the interior structure. The material in the upper mantle is known as Peridot and is occasionally expelled by volcanoes.
As DoomFingers stated, they use multiple seismographs to measure the delay from one device to another, and with complex math, that tells them about the density and rough information about composition of the earth.
@Rob Arthur Well...sorta. It's a complex topic. I'm sure they have extensive catalogues where they measured test locations and dug up core samples to see if their predictions were correct. They must have gotten enough predictions correct to say with confidence what the layers are made of. It's like mapping out areas of the brain: they can't say for certain what certain connections do, but after enough experimentation...they have a pretty good idea. Better then me and you at least.
Most stars stop at fusing elements at iron. Since a lot of them went supernova and expelled all of these iron out, they're the heaviest elements around. They eventually coalesced into the iron cores, which then attracted the star dust clouds of other elements with their gravity to form planets. The intense pressure from the mantle prevents the inner core from melting. Since the mantle and the core are made up of different materials, and the sun/moon forces the planet to rotate, the core moves enough that it grinds against the mantle and the friction melts the outer most layer of the iron core for it to become "liquid". Iron melts with enough heat on it's own, meanwhile rock requires intense pressure, heat, and some water to turn into magma, which isn't present deep in the mantle so that's why the mantle is just a solid rock.
I believe that the magnetic and electric fields created by the Earth's core also give us an insight into its composition.
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Spoiler it’s the core
Most likely a ocean oil rig.
The pile of debt I am in over the ex wife and her divorce lawyer and his incredible eye for detail.
your video is wrong , and I'm going to debunk it right now , the deepest point on earth is at the center of it's core ..
@@tomjones2121 wonder where you got that comment..
I remember when we as a species had to send James Cameron down to the bottom of the Challenger Deep to “raise the bar” for humanity because it sank so low.
Congrats for 500 K.🎉🎉🎉
Antarctic,people,not Antartic
This guy’s production deserves a lot more subscribers
The deepest point on earth is my ex's soul the heartless cow.
XD
Wouldn't the deepest point be the center, even iF you can't really get there? Beware Brit nit wits.
And the darkest
Don the explorer
Damn bro, you really went there didn’t you
Debunked Producer: how can we make a video about the deepest point on earth? Oh, I know, by splitting hairs!
5:30 Using weighted ropes to measure the Mariana trench I'd have been convinced the rope was just coiling up at that point lol. absolutely amazing what people accomplished without tech.
It's always a good day when debunked posts a video!
So , working in a gold mine in Africa is about like living through a Houston summer . 👍🏼 got it , thanks 🙏🏼
Jesus, we've not even gone 'that deep' comparatively speaking and the ambient temp is hot enough to roast a chicken.
Humans can’t go out far or in either.
Wow, how informed am I! Now I got something to talk about when lockdown finishes.
Who else had that naughty minded thought when he said "but we can go much much deeper" 😂
😆 I didn’t think it but now I can’t unthink it 😆
The accent and attitude won it for me 😂
I don't think there's anything naughty about "much much"
The way he looked at us viewers when he said it made me feel things I didn't know it was possible to feel.
@@polarisgemini52 😆😂🤣
I played minecraft 3-5 years ago. And thought caves were pretty cool, until I found out about what they actually are, which is a tiny crevice in the earth that will be super dangerous to enter.
Play it again, caves got an overhaul. Now the caves are actually perilous af.
Really enjoy these videos Stu. Keep it up!
Thank you ☺️ if you guys keeping watching and sharing I’ll keep working on them!
Astonishing how human curiosity takes us to break barrier after barrier.
So why was the Soviet borehole sight "partially destroyed"? I want that story.
It’s probably just wear from extreme conditions and decades of being abandoned
Coz something came up and fucked the building up coz they woke it and pissed it right off lol
Throwing in a Zulu greeting when speaking about South Africa🇿🇦....Nice nice👌🤝
07:08 I'm not convinced "only certain species ... are able to survive in this brutal environment" is because of the pressure. I think the lack of nutrients is the limiting factor.
People go on about the "crushing" pressure, but actually, the animals have their whole bodies inside and out at that pressure; it's not a threat. We humans are being "crushed" by atmospheric pressure of 10,000 kg per square meter (14 pounds per square inch USA) and we don't even notice it.
Okay, so you travel to the Mariana trench and get out of the submersible then, just make sure you have plenty of nutrient-rich food and you'll be fine!
@@ThEuNbEaTeN1994 I surely would be fine, given slow enough pressure change, and enough nutrients to wait that out!
@@ThEuNbEaTeN1994 Make sure to stop skipping classes. You really didn't understand what he said.
Hahah
@@flamencoprof i can give you a whole life time to adapt slowly to.....20,000 lbs of pressure lol. Classes are not needed here. You would be crushed.
The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm... shadow and flame
I've seen enough 50s sci fi to know a monster is going to come out of that super deep borehole.
😆 Amazing!
Leviathan
At a certain point during drilling they lowered some microphones down into the Siberian hole. The staff was shocked about what they heard, there were howling and scream noises from the inside of the hole. They thought this to be the entrance to hell, got scared and refused to drill further. The project came to a grinding halt.
This is a more realistic explanation than the high temperatures, isn't it?
soviet union : "anyway, we got some money to spent, got any ideas?"
that one guy : "let's dig a hole so deep because why not"
Better than making up geology cross sections of the earth in books and giving it to schools and just calling it science.
Wonder if the air pressure it self at a 12,000 metres deep hole would crush you? The same way water pressure might.
Damn, that's deep!
Deepest point on Earth is the diary of my 15-year-old emo self.
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@@DebunkedOfficial yup you need to debunk your own video.
Hahahaha well done
Ooooooooooo
😳 That’s deep !
Can you take one object to compare the heights/depths? Like...in one part you compare with stacked Burj Khalifa towers, the other with Chrysler building, and other with mountains...just pick one...or use all of them on each comparison.
It's about six Texases
@@calvinthedestroyer about 3.14 billion lifted apple pies deep
bout 5 trillion big macs deep
Russia: You may have gone to the moon but do you have HOLE
Just curious, if we can’t even dig through the first layer of the earths crust, how do we know we are running out of fossil fuels ? I mean we can’t even dig through the first layer. It seems a bit of a stretch when people talk about how we are going to run out of coal or oil. Perhaps we may but not for thousands of years
Fossil fuels come from organic material. You're not going to find anything that was alive that deep.
@@andrewscott7728 how do we know that if we can’t dig that deep ? Not being an ass I genuinely don’t know this stuff
@@andrewscott7728 and what about coal and such ? How deep does that go ?
The Russians have a saying, "The oil is where the oil is." The implication is that many Russian oil men believe that oil is generated at specific geological locations, by deep subterranean processes, and that what seeps to the surface if effectively replenished over time.
One of the strange things they found when drilling the Kola borehole was a layer of material, a mixture of hydrogen gas, mud slurry of carbonate rocks, and water. From memory, it was around 6km. This did not prove that oil was created by deep geological processes, but it did prove that the precursors for the creation of oil existed in vast quantities, at high temperatures and pressures.
The Japanese have taken a keen interest, and seek to drill their own deep holes in the thin plate found in the pacific ocean.
The holy grail of oil exploration would be to tap into a currently mythical "layer" of oil, from which seemingly endless quantities of oil could be extracted.
This is all vile heresy to the Church of Western Scarcity, which holds the dinosaur juice theory to be a critical article of faith.
I had always read that the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, not the deepest part on Earth.
An excellent presenter, superb graphics and a monumental video! Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! What other topics would you like us to cover?
When people say the deepest point on earth while talking about the Mariana Trench...they are talking about the deepest NATURALLY formed spot, not manmade one. They are taking a common sense bit of conversation and making it something it's not. Nobody is making a mistake, there are talking about different things.
01:58 That's what he said 👀
The algorithm is so weird... Only a few views for such interesting content? It should be on everybody's suggestions...
But Jimmy Kimmel needs those views
It just came up in mine. I hadn't seen this channel before. I do watch a lot of science stuff though.
Those caves reminded me of the game Terraria
Spelunky for me ⛏
Minecraft ftw! ;-)
One phrase you should have Incorporated into the video is "that we know of" it's very likely that we will find more deeper naturally occurring depths
That's wrong. We already know everything there is to know about science. Read a book.
@wang cool story bro.
Worth noting is that the Challenger Deep will not be the deepest point forever. The next time the Mariana Trench ruptures in that spot, the slip will cover the entire canyon, and another trench will claim the title of deepest point in the ocean.
Another thing to ponder: the earth, including Everest and Challenger, is smoother than most billiard balls...
People think of 6 miles deep as crazy amount of distance, but it's only as deep as the next town over is far away.
That's only if you could hold the entire Earth in your hand like a queue ball. Similarly, if you could do that, you could also wipe all of the Earth's ocean water off with a hand towel.
@Sewan & Sawen Creations sometimes it's better to not hit the send button
hey vsauce
Only partially true. Vsauce did an episode on it. Highly entertaining id recommend giving it a look.
This must him"the guy behind myth busters commentary"
I dig a hole at our backyard and i think its the deepest made by a lone man on earth!
How many bodies in there?
@@alexandersalazar4736 cannot count it anymore…
@@MrDesertFoxChannel Wow... Still, nice!
where u headed? Australia?
thanks for sharing Debunked
The deepest point on earth has to be Elon Musk pockets 🤣🤣🤣
Or Mr beast
@@teacray9068 thats soooooo true 👍
How deep is her love?
@@rakerholm deeper than her throat 🤪
@@ksmd9589 tell that to her, and you'll be in deep shit.
You forgot to mention the sound they heard when that deep.
I still didn't sleep and I'm watching this...
*IM LIVING THE BEST LIFE*
I wonder if any Russians working on that borehole ever gave in to temptation and urinated down it. They could then truthfully say they took the world's longest leak.
Hold my vodka
as always this is gonna be intriguing!
Mponeng Mine just sounds like the conditions of Florida. During summer, there is always around a 95% humidity level.
Throughout this whole video I was thinking that Soviet Bore hole! How come they havent mentioned that yet? It was massive. Getting ready for a nice bit of 'Well actually debunked I think you'll find...."
Then 7:55 rolled around and... Hurrah! there it is!
it was in the video ... and claimed as the deepest hole , where u not watching ????
@@craigwatson4413 Agreed, I think you need to re read my comment before replying.
5:33 never would've thought
What about the conduits of volcanoes that stretches down into the crust till it goes so far down that the pressure melts rock?
Exactly and precisely! Videos like this are the ones that sound very intellectual and authentic but are actually more matters of opinion.
Because how do you explore and mesure something that is filled with toxic gases, molten rocks and metals and lava ? Think… since we at it, why don’t we dig all the way to the core too?
@@dreammaker9642 with alien technology, duh. 👽 🙄
Not sure why the heat in that hole was unexpected? Like, of course it’s gonna be hot, y’all making your way to the center of the earth
I don't know how this man has only 500k, you should have 5 mil.
Thank you ☺️
inconsistent uploads
You're right, as we're such a small team (with me being the only permanent member) it's really difficult to guarantee a solid release schedule. I am trying hard to get there though.
@@DebunkedOfficial i hope you always keep going. Your videos impressed me from day one(i've been subbed since the very first video IIRC)
His voice sounds really nice and fits really well for this video
I am proud of my country and at the same time very saddened that we have sunk to the bottom, great discoveries and research in the field of geography, space, nuclear science, weapons, geology and a unique political system have turned to cinder, and a poisoned phoenix has appeared in its ashes, insatiable and devouring all the riches accumulated by a great country
@Grace Jackson That was drill deepest well in the world
Going into that mine is like my worst nightmare ever
So what would happen if we channeled water from the mediterranean to the dead sea? Like just fill the whole region up as much as we can until water level reaches sea level.
It would change the salinity of the dead sea which likely would have a chain reaction of effects.
It would dilute the salinity of the dead sea but unless it had a steady feed of water, would eventually evaporate and return back to the way it was.
DEEPEST point on EARTH?
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop 2.
So the deepest point humanity has ever reached, and (going in the opposite direction) that thickness of the atmosphere, and both roughly 10miles. On a globe this would be the thickness of a piece of paper. Totally insignificant in the scale of the planet. But it does remind us that the atmosphere, upon which all human life depends, is thinner than the distance most of us travel every day.
Isn’t the Karman line 100 km (@62 statute miles) MSL ?
And the altitude record for a winged, jet (air-breathing) powered aircraft is 123 k feet (37 km; 23 mi) ... Admittedly, that’s above the Armstrong limit, but there’s still enough atmosphere up there to power a jet engine.
What are you talking about? The atmosphere is roughly 60 miles thick.
Thanks for being hyper specific.
I have a stupid question\idea.
So we count Mariana trench which is submerged underwater. Why not count holes submerged in other liquids?
Wouldn't an active volcano be the deepest (natural) hole thus? :)
"No, no. He's got a point."
@@NirousPlayers we are talking about the deepest point "on" earth , volcanic holes go far beyond any where we can call the Earth's surface
Water is a liquid that we can pass through (with vehicles, not our bodies), even at extremely high pressures found at the bottom of the ocean. We currently do not have any technology capable of passing through many kilometers deep of lava.
"Unexpectedly high temputatures?" what did they think it going to do, get colder??
They even started it in a cold place so they knew
first i thought this was some sort of conspiracy video about all of this being a lie but this is a great video, thanks for uploading it
Thank you
Another great video!😁
We have a very holey planet, I'm sure we haven't found the deepest point yet
Holey Planet Earth Batman!
Was gonna think of a deepness joke, but you guys got em all locked down!
I so love that they use both metric and imperial systems. For those of us in the very few countries that use the imperial system, it's so helpful. I never have to Google conversion charts when watching their videos. It's the little things lol.
Agreed. I hate how meters is becoming the norm in measuring things. Meters means nothing to me.
@@mrsteinbergenson7348 Well the thing is that only three countries in the entire world don't use the metric system lol. Of which, the U.S. is one. Yet and still it is so foreign to me that I have to google conversion charts all the time to figure out distances, weight, and that sort of thing. I'm too old to bother with trying to learn a different system of weights and measurements 😊
Stop being backwards, learn the metric system and ditch the imperial system.
@@mrsteinbergenson7348 I hope the metric system becomes universal and the imperial system is completely abolished.
@@zakazany1945 imperial is far superior
Imagine being at the bottom of the mariana trench after a super tense 5 hours of descent and hearing a loud "crack". I think I would shit my pants so quickly that the pressure would rival that outside the submarine.
Why is there nine dislikes? WHY IS THERE 9 DISLIKE HOW CAN SOMEONE DISLIKE THIS MASTERPIECE WTH!!!!???
its prob from people who thought it was false but theyre just false lol
Or the fact that he made it look like the Mariana trench was off the coast of Florida, rather than where it's actually located. In the Pacific.
It's in regards to all your posterior kissing suck up comments. There's no need to be so nice. hmmm 🤔🙄😐.
I like the Distinctly Engaging British Robert Llewellyn/ Richard Hammondesqué Narration
Such a great video! Thank you for creating!
Thank you for watching! I hope you like the rest of our videos? 👍
This was really interesting
Thanks
There is another measure of the 'deepest' place on Earth that you didn't mention, that is to say, the place closest to the geometric centre of the globe. The Earth is not a perfect sphere, it's flattened at the poles, which makes polar sea level much closer to the centre of the earth than at the equator (21.5 kilometres). This makes the sea level at the geographic north pole the 'deepest' point on the surface as measured from the centre of the Earth. The deepest underwater surface by the same measure is the Litke Deep in the Arctic Ocean. It is nearly 15km closer the the centre of the Earth than the Challenger Deep.
This has been mentioned in great detail in the comments above,made months ago,,that perhaps you should have taken the time to read.
@@chrisreynolds7164 comments aren't shown equally to each person. I've scrolled for a while and have only seen this guy mention it. No need to be rude.