Devils Hole Nevada USA
This is bizarre. There is a little 11ft x 7 ft pool of water in the Nevada desert that has no bottom. It's believed
to be connected to a vast underground ocean. It rises and lowers when there is seismic activity around the
world as far away as Japan. Below is some info. The worlds top cave divers have not found an end or bottom.
Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert in the Amargosa Valley of Nevada, east over the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. It is at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level[3] and the water is a constant temperature of 33 °C (91 °F).[4] The surface area of Devils Hole is about 22 m long by 3.5 m wide (72 ft long by 11.5 ft wide). Approximately 0.3 m (1.0 ft) deep on one end of Devils Hole is a small rock shelf of 3.5 by 5 m (11 by 16 ft). The dissolved oxygen of the water is 2.5–3.0 ppm up to around 22 m (72 ft) in depth, though the shallow shelf can have dissolved oxygen levels as high as 6.0–7.0 ppm in June and July.[3]
A viewing platform overlooks the hole.
Devils Hole branches into caverns at least 130 m (430 ft) deep,[4] whose bottom has never been mapped.[5] According to geologists, the caves were formed over 500,000 years ago.[6] The pool has frequently experienced seiche activity due to far away earthquakes in Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Chile, which have been likened to extremely small scale tsunamis.[5]
to be connected to a vast underground ocean. It rises and lowers when there is seismic activity around the
world as far away as Japan. Below is some info. The worlds top cave divers have not found an end or bottom.
Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert in the Amargosa Valley of Nevada, east over the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. It is at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level[3] and the water is a constant temperature of 33 °C (91 °F).[4] The surface area of Devils Hole is about 22 m long by 3.5 m wide (72 ft long by 11.5 ft wide). Approximately 0.3 m (1.0 ft) deep on one end of Devils Hole is a small rock shelf of 3.5 by 5 m (11 by 16 ft). The dissolved oxygen of the water is 2.5–3.0 ppm up to around 22 m (72 ft) in depth, though the shallow shelf can have dissolved oxygen levels as high as 6.0–7.0 ppm in June and July.[3]
A viewing platform overlooks the hole.
Devils Hole branches into caverns at least 130 m (430 ft) deep,[4] whose bottom has never been mapped.[5] According to geologists, the caves were formed over 500,000 years ago.[6] The pool has frequently experienced seiche activity due to far away earthquakes in Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Chile, which have been likened to extremely small scale tsunamis.[5]
