CaveTex: deep cave question
I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center of the earth. Does any particular cave go deep into the earth? How many undiscovered caves are that deep? ( just kidding ) My best guess would be an underwater cave is the leader in that category. Here is a map of a submarine cave near Belize: http://www.cambrianfoundation.org/projects/images/abyss1.gif Is this one of the caves closest to the center of the earth? I believe gold miners in Africa have gone over 2 miles deep, so maybe there is a cave in a deep mine somewhere. ( They say it is 160 degrees down there. ) Are the caves in the Dead Sea real caves? I believe some are 1,300 feet below sea level? http://www.see-jordan.com/brochures/images/tracing_dead1.JPG David Locklear
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At 01:27 AM 7/21/2005, David Locklear wrote: I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center of the earth. This doesn't really answer your question, but I'm sure that the closest humans have ever been to the center of the earth, was diving in submersibles near the bottom of oceanic trenches. Either that or in a South African Diamond mine. If I had to guess, I'd guess that the known "cave passage" closest to the center of the earth will turn out to be flooded with water and explored only by cave divers. The Dead sea caves are indeed natural caves. In addition, Jerusalem itself is situated on solid limestone, and there are numerous natural caves and man made tunnels round about it. There is a small natural cave under the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, which I once entered -- well, twice actually, but the authorities didn't know about the other time -- no doubt to my great spiritual benefit. Edward Sevcik University of Texas School of Information Austin, Texas
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I think the deepest caves are filled with MAG-MA (<- in my best Dr. Evil voice). -Aaron Quoting Edward Sevcik : > At 01:27 AM 7/21/2005, David Locklear wrote: > >I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center > >of the earth. > > This doesn't really answer your question, but I'm sure that the closest > humans have ever been to the center of the earth, was diving in > submersibles near the bottom of oceanic trenches. Either that or in a > South African Diamond mine. > > If I had to guess, I'd guess that the known "cave passage" closest to the > center of the earth will turn out to be flooded with water and explored > only by cave divers. > > The Dead sea caves are indeed natural caves. In addition, Jerusalem itself > is situated on solid limestone, and there are numerous natural caves and > man made tunnels round about it. There is a small natural cave under the > Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, which I once entered -- well, twice > actually, but the authorities didn't know about the other time -- no doubt > to my great spiritual benefit. > > > Edward Sevcik > University of Texas School of Information > Austin, Texas To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
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The deepest cave, where ever it is these days would have to be somewhere on the earth's lithospheric crust which has a maximum thickness of about 22 miles (current deepest cave is 2km in vertical extent). From the bottom of the crust to the earth's core is about 1800 some miles and then another 1700+ miles to the earth's center. Everything below the crust is hot molten rock which is definitely not a good place to find caves. Probably the deepest hole in the ground might be the diamond mines in Africa - some are as much as 2 miles deep pk To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
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If the question is, "which natural cave gets closest to the earth's center?", then that cave is bound to be located near one of the earth's poles. The earth's polar circumference is about 21,600 miles, while its equatorial circumference is about 24,900 miles. That means that sea level at either pole is about 500 miles closer to the earth's center than is sea level at the equator - a pretty insurmountable head start. On 7/21/05, Pat Kambesis wrote: > > The deepest cave, where ever it is these days would have to be somewhere on > the earth's lithospheric crust which has a maximum thickness of about 22 > miles (current deepest cave is 2km in vertical extent). From the bottom of > the crust to the earth's core is about 1800 some miles and then another 1700+ > miles to the earth's center. Everything below the crust is hot molten rock > which is definitely not a good place to find caves. > > Probably the deepest hole in the ground might be the diamond mines in Africa > - some are as much as 2 miles deep > > pk > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net > with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and > information go to www.cavetex.net. > List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
CaveTex: Deep cave question
No caves in "earth" at the North Pole cuz there ain't no earth. But maybe at the South. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mstuding/vostok.html But, then again..http://seekers.100megs6.com/HoleinthePole.htm (Couldn't resist throwing that in for entertainment purposes only.) Ed Young To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
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the deepest cave would likely be deep in the ocean, maybe in the marianas trench. john I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center of the earth.
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As I remember there is about a 25 mile bulge in the earth near the equator due to rotation. If true then maybe the ice caves near the south pole would be closer to the center earth. Gary Moss At 05:07 AM 7/22/2005, txcavecraw...@aol.com wrote: the deepest cave would likely be deep in the ocean, maybe in the marianas trench. john I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center of the earth. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
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FYI The deepest hole in the world is the Kola Borehole in northern Russia, which is 12.2km (7.6 miles) deep. -Deeds Pat Kambesis wrote: The deepest cave, where ever it is these days would have to be somewhere on the earth's lithospheric crust which has a maximum thickness of about 22 miles (current deepest cave is 2km in vertical extent). From the bottom of the crust to the earth's core is about 1800 some miles and then another 1700+ miles to the earth's center. Everything below the crust is hot molten rock which is definitely not a good place to find caves. Probably the deepest hole in the ground might be the diamond mines in Africa - some are as much as 2 miles deep pk To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net - Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour
