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>Because of higher-than-expected temperatures at this depth and location, 180 °C (356 °F) instead of the expected 100 °C (212 °F), drilling deeper was deemed un
by abhiminator 8y ago
>Because of higher-than-expected temperatures at this depth and location, 180 °C (356 °F) instead of the expected 100 °C (212 °F), drilling deeper was deemed unfeasible and the drilling was stopped in 1992. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole#Drilling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole#Drilli...
- wallace_f 8y ago180C sounds like a rock that somehow got into the oven and can be easily removed with mitts on, not something like 1,000C lava. In other words I'm confused by why 180C stopped the drilling process.
- nerdponx 8y agoSomeone attempted to explain that in this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17337270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17337270