The Real Reason Our Planet’s Deepest Hole Was Sealed

Published on September 13, 2021
ADVERTISEMENT

Their Goal

After establishing this primary objective, they also had another goal. The Soviets wanted to reach 49,000 feet below the Earth’s surface. With specialist equipment, these researchers began digging various boreholes that forked from one cavity.

Their Goal

Their Goal

Bertha Rogers Hole

Project Mohole had been shut down. This led Lone Star Producing Company to begin drilling for oil in western Oklahoma. From this drilling, the company landed up forming the famous Bertha Rogers Hole.

ADVERTISEMENT
Bertha Rogers Hole

Bertha Rogers Hole