What If You Drilled a Hole Through Earth?

You know what might be the best way to travel to the other side of the world? By drilling your way right through the planet. Imagine going from Argentina to China in less than an hour. This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don't mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long would this journey through Earth take? And how would a gravity train keep you alive? The heat is on, and you're under all sorts of pressure. How deep is the deepest hole drilled in the Earth?

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[Scronass]

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[kevinkaslana]

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[pacifist]

Wow, I am so used to watching what if about different cool things that would happen if something changes in the universe that would effect our planet, but it's really interesting to learn more in depth on what lurks beneath the Earth's surface and its conditions. Amazing channel.

[mkpparkersgaming]

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[agnibhpathak]

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[terrez.]

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[mashabelalehlohonolo]

I'm from South Africa and the way you pronounced the Mponeng Mine is kinda funny 😅 but I give you props for trying

[theelysian]

"Hey what's the earths temperature?"
"ITS OVER NINE THOUSAND!"

[aparajitamukherjee]

What if we drilled a hole through the earth?

Godzilla- "Hold my atomic breath"

[exastrisscientia]

"Let's drill a hole from one side of the earth to the other." Ok, now you have two new active volcanos on opposite sides of the earth.

[wheytots]

I believe most of the videos were taken from the movie “The Core”, which I have watched a couple of years ago and is the first thing that came to mind when I read the title of this episode. Very interesting!

[lkjs-sisr]

Once you get to the center, would momentum be enough for the train to reach the other side? Or would gravity prevent it from leaving the inner core?

[chrisjames]

Props to the cameraman for taking this risky shots🤙

[KBVisualJourneys]

*drilled through the core*

Ancient creatures living in the hollow earth: "Ayo, what's up? What took you so long to get here?"

[seblubla]

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[billtisch]

Another thing about that 42 minute travel time: it remains the same no matter where the ends of your tunnel are. You don't have to drill it through the center; you will travel a shorter distance but at a reduced speed. Let's say you start at Chicago and end in London. As long as there is no friction or air resistance, the time is still 42 minutes. This is because your direction of travel is "diagonal" (or tangential if you prefer) to the Earth's center of gravity, so you accelerate downward more slowly. Then as you pass the midpoint and begin to decelerate toward the surface, you do so more slowly as well, so you come to the surface in the same amount of time as through the center, travelling at a lower velocity. The shallower the tunnel, the slower the velocity and shorter the distance - always resulting in a 42 minute trip.