Is This Deep Blue Hole in the Ocean Actually an Underwater Tunnel?

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The Taam Ja’ blue hole is located just off the southeastern coast of Mexico. It was once believed to be the second deepest oceanic hole of its kind in the world, but now new measurements reveal it might be neve-rending.

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00:00this is the tom jaw blue hole located just up the southeastern coast of mexico the mouth of

00:08the underwater cave stretches nearly 500 feet across and when it was first discovered in 2021

00:14experts believed it was around 900 feet deep now new measurements have revealed that not

00:19only is it deeper than that it's likely the deepest blue hole ever discovered so why are

00:24the initial measurements no longer reliable well the tom jaw blue hole contains what is called a

00:28picnic line which is a clearly defined boundary of waters with differing densities and since the

00:33depth of extremely deep holes like this are usually measured using sonar or sound waves those become

00:38diffused and scatter when entering materials of differing densities which is why researchers

00:42have since lowered an observation cable down into the depths however after the entirety of the more

00:47than 1500 foot long cable was extended it still never touched the bottom meaning it's even deeper than

00:53that what's more experts say that their data revealed the conditions deep within the blue hole

00:58converge with those of the caribbean sea meaning this whole might well in fact actually be a tunnel

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