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Robot Submarine Maps World's Deepest Sinkhole

Posted by kdawson on from the submerge-the-Chrysler-Building dept.

holy_calamity writes "The world's deepest water-filled sinkhole has finally been mapped — by a robotic submarine whose descendants may one day swim on one of Jupiter's moons. The last attempt to find the bottom resulted in the SCUBA diving depth record and the death of a diving legend. The sub's sonar found that the divers had descended to only about 10m from the floor. The sub's mapping also indicated that the sinkhole, which is over 300m deep, could connect to even deeper caves."

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  1. Mel's Hole? by WED+Fan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mel's Hole

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    1. Re:Mel's Hole? by Skevin · · Score: 4, Funny

      The goatse guy is named Mel? You learn something new every day.

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  2. its descendants? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    > robotic submarine whose descendants may one day swim on one of Jupiter's moons

    Wow, robot submarine sex! I wonder if it has the hots for one of those mars rovers...

  3. It's Jules Verne! by able1234au · · Score: 3, Funny

    > The sub's mapping also indicated that the sinkhole, which is over 300m deep, could connect to even deeper caves.

    So begins the journey to the centre of the earth

  4. Those bastards by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can understand the "man" taking Mel's hole away from him, possibly to store with the Ark in that large warehouse.

    But shutting down his wombat-rescue operation? That's just plain mean.

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