Fascinating Video Digs a Virtual Hole Through the Earth and Explains Whats Going on Down There

The educational channel Posit shared an interesting video in which they dig a virtual hole through the Earth, and in the process offer an explanation of what’s going on down there under our feet. The video came with the following note:

What if we dug a hole through the earth and out the other side? We created a pixel animation journey to the deepest things humans and animals have dug, through molten rock, and withstanding crushing pressure.

It starts out pretty simple taking us through man-made underground structures such as tunnels, subways and underground trains, mines, oil wells, laboratories, bomb shelters, underground cities, and more. It also explores caves, catacombs, and holes dug by animals. The video then takes us down to the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest part of the ocean, before heading deeper into the Earth’s mantle.

Since human exploration is impossible in the center of the Earth, everything we know comes from scientific research, and it absolutely intriguing.

Using the most current scientific research we will show you everything from ice-filled diamonds to mantle blobs, that you’ll find deep in the center of the earth.

Check out the video below and you might learn something new today!