The “Taam Ja'” is the deepest blue hole in the world. Its bottom has never been reached yet

    by Ivy_Wings

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    1. donald_putelonovitch on

      Well, it’s good to know that Scary Interesting hasn’t quite run out of source material just yet.

    2. officer897177 on

      Dumb question, but why can’t they just tie a rock to a bunch of fishing wire and toss it in? 1KM of fishing wire weighs basically nothing, so it shouldn’t be hard to tell when you hit the bottom.

    3. marcandreewolf on

      Looking forward to the film about what the expedition finds down there 🍿🦈 🦖 👽😅

    4. Dizzy_Restaurant3874 on

      Chuck Norris freedove to the bottom, ate a Snickers bar and surfaced calmly.

    5. The current known depth of the hole was estimated using [echo sounding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_sounding). However, the process of echo sounding used can only detect to a depth of 500 meters (1,640 feet), and it has been hypothesized the attached cable may have drifted due to underwater currents or bumped into a ledge, giving the current depth of 420 meters. The bottom of the hole still has not been found. There is also the possibility that sonar technology is unreliable in Taam Ja’, as blue holes can vary in shape, which may affect results.[^([4])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taam_Ja%27_Blue_Hole#cite_note-:0-4) As per a 2024 research paper:[^([7])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taam_Ja%27_Blue_Hole#cite_note-7)

      However, echo sounding methods face challenges in complex environments like blue holes or inland sinkholes arising from frequency-dependent detection and range limitations due to water density vertical gradients, cross-sectional depth variations, or morphometric deviations in non-strictly vertical caves.

    6. Let’s tell Trump there’s oil down there, and give him a big rock to hold on to.

    7. I swear there was a horror movie made about a shipwrecked bunch of peeps getting eaten by a nocturnal fishman monster that lived in a hole like that.

      Someone else can explore that, is what I’m saying.

    8. Why cant they use 5000m of fishing wire on Amazon for around £40 with heavy weight attached to the end?

    9. It’s all fun and games until you wake Cthulu up with a headache and a bad attitude

    10. Let’s send kash Patel down there. When his head flattens out he will still be able to see in all directions. He could report back.

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