From the surface, Chetumal Bay looks almost placid – just a wide sheet of water with no hint of drama underneath. But below that calm is Taam ja’, a massive underwater sinkhole, or “blue hole,” that’s turned into an unexpected mystery for scientists.
At first, the plan seemed straightforward: map it with sonar, get a depth, move on. Instead, the early readings created a bigger problem – what if Taam ja’ isn’t anywhere near as shallow as those first numbers suggested?
The most recent measurements point to a hole that drops far deeper than expected, and the true bottom may still be out of reach…
Whatever might be down there isn’t expected to be valuable enough to risk limb and dollar to reach.
FTFY
Just a beer bottle probably.
It’d probably be less expensive than something stupid like sending a Tesla to orbit.
Didn’t they basically just use it as a payload for a test flight, though?
If you’re already launching garbage into orbit, you might as well use your specific garbage for marketing.
Relevant username.