a straight hole , as big as a basketball court, a hole where you could look up and see the sky. would standing at the bottom of the hole feel any different than standing at the surface. would it be hot. would the air pressure be different. would it have any effect on the body?
2006-07-06 16:59:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It's been done more or less. The South African East Rand gold mine is the world's deepest and is 11,700 feet deep. At that depth the rock is 50 Centigrade or about 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Tons of ice are pumped down into the mines every day to keep the miners cool. The air pressure is also about 50% higher than at sea level. Other than the heat and the pressure there is no other significant effects. The pressure you would not make you feel any different by the way once your ears popped.
By the way gravity would be slightly lower not higher. You would actually weigh a little bit less but the effect would be nearly unnoticeable. The reason gravity would be lower is because some of the Earth is now above you and so that part is attracting you up. If you were to travel to the exact center of the Earth you would be weightless because an equal amount of the Earth would surround you on all sides and so the gravity would be canceled out.
2006-07-06 17:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Engineer 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The deepest hole ever drilled is in the Kola Peninsula of Russia. It is 40,000 feet deep. It was a science project that was to penetrate the earth's crust. They had to stop because at that depth the rock became liquid and the hole continually filled back in.
There is a 32,000 foot deep hole in OK - a gas well that stopped when it reached molten sulphur.
2006-07-06 17:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by judy b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Yes and Yes.
It would be MUCH hotter, even the diamond mines in South Africa are incredibly hot, and the air pressure would be much higher, just differentiate between Denver and Houston, and you'd prolly have a heat stroke down there, probably not get crushed to death by air but you'd be damned miserable.
2006-07-06 17:47:58 · answer #3 · answered by Archangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be uncomfortably hot, close to 40 Celsius unless you had air conditioning. Air pressure would be about 1.5 times sea level pressure. You'd survive. Guys actually work at greater depths than this in South African gold mines.
2006-07-06 18:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Air pressure would be higher.
2. Gravity would be higher.
3. The ground around you, if not molten, would be very hot.
4. It would probably be very hard to breathe.
2006-07-06 17:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ice_Man_VL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the most dominant thing that will effect the person standing in the whole is the reduction in elevation. Maybe it would be the same effect as being in a valley or canyon.
2006-07-06 17:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by honiebee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Higher air pressure, higher temperature.
2006-07-06 17:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by Not Tellin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, this line of questioning is making me frightened! i imagine i opt to talk to my legal specialist haha! i'm not large with a shovel... i am going to deliver you some cool beverages and bake a clean batch of cookies even as you dig although :-)
2016-11-01 08:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would be pretty hot....with ONE "t". The pressure would be higher probably and the gravitational pull would be less, so you'd weigh more! It'd be harder to jump that high! lol...
2006-07-06 17:04:54 · answer #9 · answered by tigepopo_fluffyboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very very very hot. You will evaporate and burn.
The pressure is hugh.
The sky seems extreme small.
2006-07-06 18:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋