The Kola Superdeep Borehole in Siberia : 12.2 kilometers with temperatures exceeding 180°C+unexplained sound
Over two decades, they bored an astonishing 12.2 kilometers (40,230 feet) deep - further than any other human-made hole before or since. But what they found down there shocked even the scientists themselves.
At depths where they expected solid, cool rock, they instead encountered temperatures exceeding 180°C (356°F) - hotter than the surface of Venus. The heat made further drilling impossible as the rock behaved more like plastic than stone, bending and deforming under extreme pressure.
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