What If You Drilled a Hole Through Earth?
Ғылым және технология
You know what might be the best way to travel to the other side of the world? By drilling your way right through the planet. Imagine going from Argentina to China in less than an hour. This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don't mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long would this journey through Earth take? And how would a gravity train keep you alive? The heat is on, and you're under all sorts of pressure. How deep is the deepest hole drilled in the Earth?
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
They always tryna kill us though
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@henri898
3 жыл бұрын
sameee
@Agent9-0
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@naailkhokhar
3 жыл бұрын
Why
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3 жыл бұрын
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@sethhowerton1489
3 жыл бұрын
Just this one? I think these other channels you speak of just suck then.
What if is so creative, I could watch this all day long. Edit, It tells me more than my school does.
@smau1037
3 жыл бұрын
i watch what if all day long
@ivano1021
3 жыл бұрын
How is this Video creative, Literally everybody has thought about a journey through earth itself
@shriyapalsule4790
3 жыл бұрын
True thing what if even has complex and more deeper topics than school love that ❤
@goldenmegayt9250
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@musikeromusico6360
3 жыл бұрын
Please don't credit What if too much with this video. This was already tackled in a movie (The core).
"Hey what's the earths temperature?" "ITS OVER NINE THOUSAND!"
@SylkaChan
4 ай бұрын
What if there was an alien ruins down there on the magma?
@KyleThomasRainyx
15 күн бұрын
Impossible!!! I am the prince of all Saiyans!! 😂
Wow, I am so used to watching what if about different cool things that would happen if something changes in the universe that would effect our planet, but it's really interesting to learn more in depth on what lurks beneath the Earth's surface and its conditions. Amazing channel.
The only *WHAT IFs* in life that's beneficial for doubters and overthinkers.
@blacklung6422
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah ^_^
@Purelax
3 жыл бұрын
*i dont see you everywhere*
@ratsiiaratr24
3 жыл бұрын
You don't have a mustache
@docilelikewintercatfish9897
3 жыл бұрын
You again. You are a bot for sure.
@LuckyLucky-yy7qz
3 жыл бұрын
Curiosity is a thing brother
It's like the final and the last way to end the flat-earthers once and for all
@chrisgould101
3 жыл бұрын
Except how do you know it's not flat?
@secretsniffthecheeseslice5295
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they're gonna say some BS like: "No they just went like this \_/ so we still think earth is flat"
@chrisgould101
3 жыл бұрын
@@secretsniffthecheeseslice5295 still not proving its spherical
@kamalsaini1023
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisgould101 its also not proven it is flat,,,,its sphere
@user__notfound
3 жыл бұрын
@@kamalsaini1023 ellipsoid to be exact
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*drilled through the core* Ancient creatures living in the hollow earth: "Ayo, what's up? What took you so long to get here?"
@buboyadan8838
3 жыл бұрын
That's not even scientifically proven
@BartYhaniiMTV
3 жыл бұрын
@@buboyadan8838 chill bro, this is obviously a joke 😑
@buboyadan8838
3 жыл бұрын
@@BartYhaniiMTV obviously, but many ppl believe in that shit
@sithijasampath6884
2 жыл бұрын
@@buboyadan8838 👍
@shahaffiq5860
2 жыл бұрын
@@buboyadan8838 in your mind it must be "sCieNtiFicaLly proven" shut up will you
The Core is my favorite “end of the world but we have a few good men to save it” movies
@leyvonnewashlv4096
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah such a unique plot for a disaster movie.
@gel5292
2 жыл бұрын
You know the core It was emotional
I'm from South Africa and the way you pronounced the Mponeng Mine is kinda funny 😅 but I give you props for trying
Straight forward to what we wanna see this channel is❤.
I believe most of the videos were taken from the movie “The Core”, which I have watched a couple of years ago and is the first thing that came to mind when I read the title of this episode. Very interesting!
@mikhaeldavis6180
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Some_Cat_
3 жыл бұрын
The Core. Good film
@qa38o54
3 жыл бұрын
There's one more movie that show travel through earth "total recall"
@khush123
3 жыл бұрын
@@DesertDog Godzilla vs Kong
@shauljonah6955
3 жыл бұрын
It was I own the DVD 📀. Great movie The Core.
"Let's drill a hole from one side of the earth to the other." Ok, now you have two new active volcanos on opposite sides of the earth.
@rosannamatraviyalv
3 жыл бұрын
good point tho
@eventhorizon4879
2 жыл бұрын
And the Sun's gravitational pull would be stronger, causing the planet to start heating up.
@ArmaanKhan-bk9kw
2 жыл бұрын
Not at every pair of opposite sides
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I've asked myself this exact question since I was a child and my curiosity is finally quenched😭
@arditazemi9071
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@jocelyndycaico8266
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@Fantasy_Studios1010
2 жыл бұрын
Me too 😂
@shirishbajpai9973
Жыл бұрын
Good for you :) Here, in India, in high school physics we are taught all these things in chapters like Gravitational force and SHM.
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What if we drilled a hole through the earth? Godzilla- "Hold my atomic breath"
@godzillafinez4370
3 жыл бұрын
A man of culture I see
@mangofloat6980
3 жыл бұрын
WTH Godzilla
@lolmm495
3 жыл бұрын
Goku saitama and many other anime characters: OK **Dig thought a planet whitin seconds*
@kenkaneki6472
3 жыл бұрын
@@lolmm495 goku is strong but has bad writing
@nuhscott9058
3 жыл бұрын
@@lolmm495 super robot wars godzilla: ok
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I'm 3 vids deep into this channel, and I'm hooked already
Pretty cool idea for what if. I learned a little bit about the layers of the planet.
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If you fall in such a tunnel you would just oscillate, and never reach the other side
@gopikrishnanunni7985
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly....u need an initial velocity to get to the other side
@DTG_LOCKETT
3 жыл бұрын
It would be similar to a pendulum, the first couple trips you probably would
@SK-eu1vw
3 жыл бұрын
Most probably you would soon float at the center without many oscillations owing to high air resistance reducing the gained momentum eventually.
@YASHPATEL-hm3zc
2 жыл бұрын
I see a physics student here.. 🌝
@snehalmishra7549
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a typical JEE / NEET aspirants comment 😁😁
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This is the question was in my mind since long. Thank you so much.. I love this channel most of all.
Whelp, I would be cooked like a pancake Edit: Wow, thanks for all the likes, 36 already :0
@misterbig9025
3 жыл бұрын
tortilla
@Nothing123q
Жыл бұрын
Hes Serius
He has so much enthusiasm like so much energy, I bet he has this too in regular conversation!! Like if he had made learning experience that much funner
Once you get to the center, would momentum be enough for the train to reach the other side? Or would gravity prevent it from leaving the inner core?
@Diabolical909
Жыл бұрын
Roller coaster tracks can just pull the train
crazy to think that the deepest ever dug hole is only 12 km ...
@kaledoublescope
3 жыл бұрын
And hopefully it stays that way
@jodyboles8208
3 жыл бұрын
@@kaledoublescope um why?
@kaledoublescope
3 жыл бұрын
@@jodyboles8208 could cause some serious imbalance? Maybe? I thought that’s what the video would be on... not the journey
@jodyboles8208
3 жыл бұрын
@@kaledoublescope a insanely small hole compare to the entirely of earth isnt going to cause any real harm. it isnt a balloon after all lol. the real challenge is even being able to go that deep which might not even be physically possible due the the massive heat and pressure alone. hell we cant even reach the very deepest parts of our oceans yet let alone trying to dig past the crust. so yeah nothing to worry or fear.
@countdracula3962
2 жыл бұрын
yet he talks about what's in the core of the earth! The truth is that nobody knows and all these false informations are just theories and assumptions, interesting and believable for the simple minded human beings.
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Wow that so interesting enjoyed newexperiencing subject and love to new learning talk about Earth !!!
Drilling through Earth to travel there would be a fun challenge. This is impossible but imagine how cool would it be if you could travel through the Earth.
@venceremos1140
2 жыл бұрын
Well,not cool.....a little hot maybe.
@CharDhue
2 жыл бұрын
People in the 17century "imagine how cool would it be if you could fly through the sky"
2:17 Those are struggle pancakes if I've ever seen em.
@nataliazawadzka2325
3 жыл бұрын
My mom makes them like this. I mean.. Maybe this is just bc we are european(poland). I must say that these pancakes with jam(yes, jam) IT IS DELICIOUS ^^
@sapientia_et_virtus
3 жыл бұрын
They're called crêpes or palachinki/palatschinke/Палачинки in Bulgarian. I had a Bulgarian friend make some for me and they rock!
@soyburglar1878
2 жыл бұрын
That could very well be pita bread, lol.
@Beaah
2 жыл бұрын
@@soyburglar1878 nope, it's pancakes.
@Beaah
2 жыл бұрын
Those are some good looking pancakes. That's how swedish pancakes looks like.
I thought I was watching Riddle. 9mins of pure video. What a treat, it's like my birthday again. 😄😄
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This would take a year Godzilla: So, with the 1 minute i had...
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A person digging to the center of earth will be climbing to the center of earth at some point because gravity reverses because more mass in the crust/mantle compared to center plus there's also centrifugal force from rotation of earth.
@808BAMFasian
3 жыл бұрын
This sounds about right
love this channel
Ah, this clip totally reminded me of Made in Abyss, although the abyss really doesnt get as deep as the core. Although some of its features are really consistent, like if you tried to ascend in the abyss, humans die immediately and everyone calls it a curse, while in actuality, the abyss is so deep that the pressure difference gets to them, although they never addressed the heat, I think it would be a problem at lower levels.
Question: Is it possible to drill a hole through the earth with out affecting Earth's magnetic field?
@blackbeardshorts007
3 жыл бұрын
In case of earths surface and a point on space , magnetic field will remain same,; in case of inside the earth, magnetic field of earth will be equal to the magnetic field of a solenoid( B=uo*NI/L)
@olitilak_22
3 жыл бұрын
@@blackbeardshorts007 i ment like... On Earth, flowing of liquid metal in the outer core of the planet is responsible for the magnetic field of earth that protects us from solar radiation...(so, drilling the hole through Earth would surely disturb the flow of molten metals i.e. disturbing the magnetic field)-I THINK ... would that be the problem?
@kid10249595
2 жыл бұрын
@@olitilak_22 my thing is that a hole wouldn't be a great idea given it to me at least, not sure about this entirely. Would potentially make a volcano given it would be like poking a hole into a balloon full of water. In that it would create a point of which magma could use to escape. Given that's what volcanos essentially are, their holes in the crust that magma uses to escape to the surface due to the immense pressure that pushes it out of the mantle.
@xavierdaume2757
Жыл бұрын
Drilling a hole that reaches the nucleus or through the Earth would not affect the magnetic field at all. The magnetic field is produced by the rotational movement of the nucleus (Aprox. composed of 80 % iron and 10 % nickel ) and by the rotation of the Earth.That movement works like a giant dynamo that generates the magnetic field. Drilling an insignificant hole or tunnel compare to the size of the earth would not change that movement at all. However we should be worry about magnetic changes when they are inverted between the Poles (North /South). The last magnetic change occurred 780,000 years ago, so the human being has already gone through this dramatic change. But is impossible to predict when is going to be the next magnetic changes and what would be its consequences, but Im´sure it won`t be good
@Wildstar40
Жыл бұрын
No way to overcome the pressure and heat. The result might be like a man made volcano which would destroy all the drilling equipment.
I like the video and the whole idea of digging and travelling in tunnel through the earth's core. A video focusing on the other half of the journey- out of the core- would be interesting.
thanks!I've been thinking this for a long time
Man i love this channel
Imagine going through the earth from a hole by surviving extreme pressure and then instead of reaching to anther continent get drown into the sea. All for nothing!!??????
@thunderz2483
3 жыл бұрын
You would be falling at such high speeds that you would shoot into space and fall back into the core hole because of gravity.
@dhayana5378
3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderz2483 I was thinking of that lol tu for answering my question
@dhayana5378
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t wanna see it on Facebook but it’s ok I just want to see if you have any internet connection or internet or phone or anything I like to see it on internet connection and you
@chrisgould101
3 жыл бұрын
Actually you'll probably first be completely incinerated and vaporized into molten as soon as you get near the magma
@thunderz2483
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisgould101 Key Word: Imagine
I work in that South Africa mine the heat is insane
On a gravity train, you'd experience weightlessness for the entire trip, not just at the centre. At the centre, the train itself would momentarily stop accelerating, but the observer inside wouldn't really be able to tell the difference.
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Thank you for using "Kilometers" and not Miles and Foodball fields and stuff.
@wonfo2510
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this one video where they used elon musk to measure, the creator is an idiot
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make a video on "what if the winds didn't have a flow on earth"
@soyburglar1878
2 жыл бұрын
Huh? Lol, what does that even mean?
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caves and cliffs update be like: 5:38
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So helpful because we are learning this in class
Another thing about that 42 minute travel time: it remains the same no matter where the ends of your tunnel are. You don't have to drill it through the center; you will travel a shorter distance but at a reduced speed. Let's say you start at Chicago and end in London. As long as there is no friction or air resistance, the time is still 42 minutes. This is because your direction of travel is "diagonal" (or tangential if you prefer) to the Earth's center of gravity, so you accelerate downward more slowly. Then as you pass the midpoint and begin to decelerate toward the surface, you do so more slowly as well, so you come to the surface in the same amount of time as through the center, travelling at a lower velocity. The shallower the tunnel, the slower the velocity and shorter the distance - always resulting in a 42 minute trip.
@gtv105
Жыл бұрын
Back and forth would be like one orbit….assuming no resistance
@soumyaparashar59
8 ай бұрын
that answers a part of my question, how does gravity work around this, can you elaborate a little more, please?
The gravity train concept only works for the first half of the trip, when the train is going towards the same direction of gravity. For the second half, the train would go against the gravity in order to reach the other side of the planet, so it would need some kind of engine.
@PtylerBeats
2 жыл бұрын
Not if you’re carrying all of that momentum with you from the first half of a trip. Which you would.
@valevisa8429
2 жыл бұрын
@@PtylerBeats Exactly,you wouldn't need any propulsion,but just in the end to get out of hole.
@George-kd7uz
2 жыл бұрын
You wouldn’t reach the other side powered just by gravity if you factor in air resistance
@Nomanspie
2 жыл бұрын
momentum wouldn't matter because you would begin to slow down after passing the halfway mark, as gravity flips and you stop falling and start climbing. a gravity train would only work until it hit the centre, then you would need propulsion.
@nigel1823
Жыл бұрын
It’s impossible
I've learned more here than all my years of school combined
@MeganVictoriaKearns
2 жыл бұрын
Me too! I found this channel 2 weeks ago and now I'm hooked! There are so many of my lifelong questions answered here, plus answers to questions I never even thought to ask!
Awesome channel.
The title immediately makes me remember the movie "The Core" and im happy they did show clips of the movie
love these videos!!
I learn more from this channel than school
@bedeadgray48orfiipinoyt48
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@bedeadgray48orfiipinoyt48
3 жыл бұрын
School is BOOOOOOOOOOORING
I love watching these vids
Just call godzilla no need to use our drills "Gravity train" HEAV: am i a joke to you
Always had thought about this from childhood 🤣🤣
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@CulturedTurtle
3 жыл бұрын
He already shown his face a lot of time though 😅
Dude i been watching your channel for like 5 years
Love u 😍 All the info there is right 😘
Can we just appreciate that he gets very creative, but scientific ideas everyone. This content never disappoints
Technically, it'd be more efficient to create 2 drills. Although the possible land to land areas are few. It's more than likely drilling through the Earth would end up in an ocean not land.
@rubyruby7573
2 жыл бұрын
The Problem Wouldn't Be Drilling The Tunnel It Would Be Keeping The Tunnel From Collapsing
@faithismespeaks6848
2 жыл бұрын
@@rubyruby7573 , They will never drill beyond 8 miles deep, they tried, it just can't be done, it will never be done, just like us going to Mars or whatever, that will never happen either. Why would you want to go to anywhere if the exact same group of A holes are in charge of everything like we have currently (no pun intended).
@rubyruby7573
2 жыл бұрын
@@faithismespeaks6848 The Reason These A-Holes In Charge Don't Care Is Because They Don't Have To They Don't Need Earth or Anything On It They Have An Enemy On This Planet And That Is All They Have You Can't Fight Someone Whose Bigger Then You And Expect To Win And In 1979 At Dulce Base In New Mexico America Picked A Fight With A Nation It's Own Size And Lost BIG
@pagirios2285
Жыл бұрын
@@faithismespeaks6848 loser
@sonnymastrangioli
11 ай бұрын
You just have to make a drill capable of cutting through pure Diamond, Iron and Nickel in their pure, solid, and pressurised forms and also withstanding thousands of degrees of extereme heat and the of course the high pressure. So basically, travel will be like a submarine made from materials from Space Shuttles, Tanks, Submarines, mining drills and lots and lots of Uranium layers (heat, chemical and pressure reactions will change its state to weapons grade enriched, then it completly solidifies to what you get in reactors and what makes up the armor of some military tanks.
This dude literally never made a fake or click bait thumbnail or title ever. Mad respect🔥🔥🔥
It doesn't get you bored discovering something like this. It is soon fascinating,, soon teaching
4:23 Never heard plethora pronounced that way. Interesting.
So if you in theory somehow safely travel through the earth point a to b .. wouldn’t you at some point start to travel back the opposite way? Or would the gravitation pull flip? Seems like you’d get stuck in the middle between a and b
@80s_Boombox_Collector
11 ай бұрын
If you simply allowed gravity to pull you down the first half, your momentum would carry you all the way through the second half
These videos are literally my 3am thoughts 😂😂😂
Thanks for answering my lifetime question
Why go straight down? Go diagonally, would be interesting to see what land on the other side without having to cross nucleus of earth
It was my dream ever since I was 4 years old to dig to china with a flimsy toy shovel on a beach
@akhilabi1332
Жыл бұрын
Dreams vs reality, imagine if you have taken it seriously and started digging at the age of 4 with a shovel you would have reached mantle by now :D
This was the thing i was curious about from the time of my childhood.
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