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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. Anybody else read stinkhole? by Captain+Splendid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm going to bed.

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  2. The next hole down by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Should be called the SCOX hole, for they certainly
    have dug one. Rumour has it that somewhere after
    that is the Blepp briefcase.

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