Looking at photos like these causes as much fear as they captivate your eyes. Only the monstrous scale reminds us how insignificantly filthy we are. Natural or human-induced, these holes have ravaged cities while creating a different aspect of our nature. Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan Darvaza ...
Explorers of South China Sea's "Dragon Hole" have declared it thedeepest underwater sinkhole on...Orttung, Nicole
BEIJING/URUMQI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, as a borehole reached a depth of 10,910 meters in China's northwestern desert. Located in the heart of the Taklimakan ...
The Dragon Hole is so deep that it doesn’t seem to follow the same geologic processes as other holes. André Droxler, a professor of Earth science at Rice University, tellsNicole Orttung atThe Christian Science Monitorthat he thinks either tectonic activity or an unknown process created the ...
The Dragon Hole has been given the formal name Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, and local officials say they plan to protect it. “We will strive to protect the natural legacy left by the Earth,” Xu Zhifei, vice mayor of Sansha City, told Xinhua. ...
The Tarim Basin is China's largest deep-earth oil and gas reservoir, with 83.2 percent of its deep oil resources and 63.9 percent of its deep natural gas buried below 6,000 meters. "This time, we have identified significant oil and gas indications at ultra-deep depths of 10,000 meters,...
This is one of the deepest caves on Earth. It is located in Georgia. It is 1800 meters deep. It is a bell-shaped cave below a small mountain. It has access to natural sunlight because of a large hole present in it. 9. Sima de la Cormisa ...
How low can we go? That’s the challenge that has been taken up by scientists around the world over the last five decades, with each seeking to drill a hole that will go deeper than before. The goal: the Earth’s mantle. The mantlemakes up40 percent or more of the planet, which ...
Lying 230 feet below ground level at Arizona milepost 115 on Route 66 are the Grand Canyon Caverns. They are the largest dry caverns in America, and one of the biggest known deposits of selenite crystals, making it truly a natural wonder. Unlike wet caverns, there are absolutely no living ...
has strengthened China's ultra-deep oil and gas exploration capabilities.*The Tarim Basin is China's largest deep-earth oil and gas reservoir, with 83.2 percent of its deep oil resources and 63.9 percent of its deep natural gas buried below 6,000 meters.*To support the project, CNPC develop...