The wonders of the natural world can bring awe even to the most jaded and cynical of observers. The untamed wild, untouched by man, has a grandeur that nothing else can compared to, even if it is slowly disappearing. And one of the most striking of these natural wonder is Belize’s Great Blue Hole. Located just off the shore of this island country in the Caribbean Sea, it has captured imaginations – and minds – for centuries.
Apart from sailing just above its opening, technological limitations have prevented us from truly plumbing its depths until the second half of the 20th century. Ever since then, our understanding of this underwater mystery has advanced in leaps and bounds, as we learn more and more about what lurks hundreds of feet beneath the surface. And what the Great Blue Hole hides, it turns out, is not only our past but also our potential future.
[post_page_title]Going into the Great Blue Hole[/post_page_title]
In late 2018, a team comprised of scientists, experts, and one eccentric multi-billionaire set off for the Great Blue Hole, an enormous sinkhole located just off the coast of Belize. With a fleet made up of two submersible submarines and two research vessels, they intended to go down into the hole, deeper than anyone had ever gone before.
Their plan? A true mission of exploration, to discover what secrets the Great Blue Hole yet holds. To their heartbreak, they did indeed find out exactly that. And what their discovery threatens not only the Great Blue Hole but mankind’s very existence.
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