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Filed under Russia, Technology at May 12th, 2014 - 10:00 pm

The deepest hole in the world, and what we’ve learned from it

Published on May 5, 2014 by SciShow
SciShow takes you down the deepest hole in the world — Russia’s Kola Superdeep Borehole — explaining who dug it and why, and what we learned about Earth in the process. Don’t fall!
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Sources:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kola-superdeep-borehole
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/725.html
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-deepest-hole/
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Location of Kola well and other deep bores

Location of Kola well and other Soviet deep bore project sites

Tags: geology, USSR

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