World's deepest sinkhole

Scientists just discovered the deepest sinkhole in the world off the coast of the Paracel Islands, disputed territory in the South China Sea. The Sansha Yongle Blue Hole is almost 1,000 feet deep, breaking the previous record of Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas.

Video courtesy of Reuters

[lucashfaria]

It's over 300, 8 m deep, about 130, 15 m wide at the top and 39 m wide at the bottom. Thank me later.

[andreialmasan]

could you use the international system of units, please

[bunneche]

The subscribe annotations in the video, which impairs my viewing experience of your great video, makes me not want to subscribe to your channel

[dragonitereanimated]

0:34 and some say a Dragonite lives in the bottom of the hole
*but they never found it*

[awshemyary]

not everybody here is from the usa so pls use the international system of unites

[aaronclark]

when did the record holder change, and why? was it because this one grew deeper and deeper until it beat the depth of the previous winner? was it because this one was more recently discovered? if the latter, then it seems like the title should read "world's deepest known sinkhole".

[youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan]

Paracel Islands is a disputed Territory and don't assume that it is a Chinese or Vietnamese Territory

[seriousbeing]

Up next: Scientist just discovered a 500 Year old Toothbrush in Russia, It can help us Identify how the human race is going to end up.

[zemo]

987 meters in a cage surrounded by sharks instead of a 40 meters 😂😂😂

[rickeymaharjan]

I thought that was blue paint splashed at the first...

[afranca]

how is it devoid of oxygen? isn't that what makes up water?

[jm-hqvy]

So are they going to build an island on it?

[falsetone]

South China Sea? FYI It's the fucking West Philippine Sea.

Edit: TTStyle Even though google says it's China's
the "South China Sea" as you said, belongs to the Exclusive economic zone of the philippines. At least study about boundaries first before commenting something like that.

[mirhasanoddname]

Thats like almost 300 meters. Thats nothing. No wonder they put it in 'feet'.

[stormerz]

looked like antartica in the thumbnail

[Epoch]

Ngl, but i think they can do better than Dragon Hole

[markfutchll]

Are we really arguing about the metric system and feet and inches

[firmanfatrian]

i believe there is monster sea in the hole..

[marshmallowfan]

someone died in there but Made the world record #Ripyuri

[Tylergear]

Pshh in Michigan we got a lake that is 700 feet deep it's called torch lake