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Could a Giant Hole like in Marvel's Defenders Exist? Physics vs Film

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Daredevil season 2 revealed that The Hand's plan has something to do with a seemingly bottomless pit they've been digging and this is set to return in The Defenders. But could such a pit exist in real life?

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00:37 Earth's rotation and bottomless pits
02:07 Structure of Earth's interior
03:18 How deep a pit can you dig?


Links for more information

Structure of the Earth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_Earth

What if the Earth were hollow? Minutephysics & Vsauce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-FfJKgis8

How high can a mountain be?
http://www-old.ias.ac.in/jarch/jaa/2/165-169.pdf
https://talkingphysics.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/how-high-can-mountains-be/

Mechanical Properties of Rocks
http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/tyzhu/files/Some-Useful-Numbers.pdf

Physics of Game of Thrones Ice Wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjgux8xdPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtBAZ6I4ZIQ

Physics of Bottomless Pits
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/02/27/the-physics-of-a-bottomless-pit/

Marvel Netflix Physics Videos: Luke Cage & Iron Fist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxG1ZpPgp7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pt2Or0VLA


Filmed in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
Music by Ethan Meixsell

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