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What are they hiding? waters of the Bay of Chetumal? Scientists perform a amazing discovery in this area of Mexico that has captured the attention of the international press. It is the second blue hole largest in the world, which are huge submarine sinkholes that can cover the length of the tallest skyscrapers and that in ancient times, pre-Hispanic cultures considered them portals to other worlds.
Some program specialists such as History Latin America do not rule out that in the Bermuda Triangle (zone of 1.1 million and a half kilometers that is located between the islands Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Miami, in Florida) there are several of these blue holes that suck in the boats, because, being vertical caves with great depth, they generate strong currents and eddies that suck in everything that passes over them.
The blue holes They have caused a lot of curiosity since ancient times and it is believed that they were formed during the last stage of the ice age. Inside, which can reach depths of more than 100 meters, plant and animal life abounds and now, a group of scientists found the second largest in the world in the Bay of Chetumal, Mexico. It is known by the name of Taam Ja’ which in Mayan means “deep waters”.
He blue hole discovered by a group of scientists at the Bay of Chetumal, Mexico, called Tamm Ja’ reaches a depth of 275 meters, about the same length as the Williams Tower in Houston, although it seems small compared to the largest in the world, located off the coast of China that has a depth of 300 meters. Although the finding was carried out in September 2021, it is only now that the researchers disclosed their experience in this study.
“The information collected revealed a maximum recorded depth of 274.4 meters below sea level,” according to the team of researchers based at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), a renowned research center in Mexico.
blue holes; Similar to black holes in space?
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, blue holes they are similar to sinkholes on earth, except they are filled with water. They are diverse biological communities teeming with marine life, including corals, sponges, mollusks, sea turtles, sharks, and more. Until now, little is known about them due to their lack of accessibility, as well as their unknown distribution and abundance.
The blue holes They have been popular with daredevil deep-sea divers, although attempts to traverse their depths have proved fatal, because at these subterranean levels humans attempting to enter could endanger their lives due to the pressure that the water generates on their bodies.
Taam ja’ has an “almost circular shape” on its surface and steep sides with slopes of more than 80 degrees that form a “large conical structure,” according to the scientists who made the discovery. The second blue hole The largest in the world is located near the coast of Mexico and Belize and its discovery could generate an increase in local and foreign visitors, since “currently, the local population is unaware of its existence”, as they concluded in their article, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
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