Edging Closer To 50,000 Feet
Experts predicted that their borehole would reach their original target depth of 49,000 feet even as soon as in 1993. Little did they know that there was a surprise waiting for them as they continued their work. Something unexpected was happening as the drill got further and further beneath the remote Russian tundra and closer and closer to the Earth’s center, totally twisting the plot and changing the plan.
Edging Closer To 50,000 Feet
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