Archaeologists Uncover Gate to Underworld

[mad825]

Carbon Dioxide? Are we sure they didn't say "dioxide" while meaning "monoxide"? Because this is what that sounds like. Also, CO2 can't kill trees, they breathe it.

They breathe-in oxygen actually when there is little to no light. CO2 is only consumed and converted into oxygen in photosynthesis. That said, the process itself isn't 100% productive.

 

[FalloutJack]

Okay, guys? If you find a big door shouting "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL DOOMSDAY!", do me a big favor and LEAVE IT ALONE!

Just saying.

 

[Strazdas]

So, have we awakened yet another volcano now?

At least we got mroe palces than africa where CO2 is being emitted and can easily show you how crappy our evolution is for not allowing us to detect it (we detect lack of oxygen, but not CO2, therefore if you have enough oxygen but too much CO2 you will still die, without even understanding why. youll just fall asleep, coma, death)

 

[Cookiegerard]

Oh god, this reminds me of a comic book series so much, but I can't think of the name of it. I only read the first issue but it is something like, people find the door to hell, open it by mistake, deamons pour out, they send in a strike force of American soldiers to try and close it, they fail, and the issue ends with them letting some guy out of prison so he can try something. But the thing I remember about it most is a double panel where it shows hundreds of flying deamons circling Big Ben. Please, I need someone to help me figure out what this comic is called.

 

[Mithcha]

They must've done more than simply hold their breath surely. Stood in a particular spot, carried some sort of bag, did a voodoo dance, something.

This is an example of a mazuku, a place where CO2 emissions from magma accumulate in low-lying areas. The name comes from East Africa, where there are many mazuku filled with the bones of animals who died in them, as well as those of the scavengers who went in after first victims.

Mammoth Mountain in California also does this. There's a place called Horseshoe Lake there, and it looks and feels like Mordor annexed it recently. All the trees are dead and there is next to no animal life because of the CO2. People have nearly died there because of it.

Lake Nyos, also in Africa, is a lake that occupied a mazuku, and occasionally releases massive amounts of CO2 all at once like a bursting can of soda. One of these eruptions was large enough that the CO2 flowed downhill and displaced the oxygen in a village, killing most of the people there without them realizing what was happening.

So, as well as holding their breath for three minutes as The Gentlemen said, they could've stood on a relatively high spot and been 'safe' so to speak? Sort of assuming the density of the Co2 wouldn't persist throughout the entire cave if it only forms in low-lying spots.

And how can gas flow? Or isn't it a gas when it comes out one of these mazuku?

 

[Aethren]

They must've done more than simply hold their breath surely. Stood in a particular spot, carried some sort of bag, did a voodoo dance, something.

This is an example of a mazuku, a place where CO2 emissions from magma accumulate in low-lying areas. The name comes from East Africa, where there are many mazuku filled with the bones of animals who died in them, as well as those of the scavengers who went in after first victims.

Mammoth Mountain in California also does this. There's a place called Horseshoe Lake there, and it looks and feels like Mordor annexed it recently. All the trees are dead and there is next to no animal life because of the CO2. People have nearly died there because of it.

Lake Nyos, also in Africa, is a lake that occupied a mazuku, and occasionally releases massive amounts of CO2 all at once like a bursting can of soda. One of these eruptions was large enough that the CO2 flowed downhill and displaced the oxygen in a village, killing most of the people there without them realizing what was happening.

So, as well as holding their breath for three minutes as The Gentlemen said, they could've stood on a relatively high spot and been 'safe' so to speak? Sort of assuming the density of the Co2 wouldn't persist throughout the entire cave if it only forms in low-lying spots.

And how can gas flow? Or isn't it a gas when it comes out one of these mazuku?

All gasses can flow, dude. You never heard of jetstreams? Or air-currents? Gas flows from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure, and if it's dense enough, settles like liquid would. I'm sure you've seen fog, steam, smoke... What did you think all that moving they do was? Go evaporate some dry-ice, see for yourself how gas can flow. This stuff is like, 6th grade science lesson.

 

[Not Matt]

mohahahaha! soon my satanic army will rise and i shall take this eart......oh. it's just a pool.


this is actually really cool. i didn't know old timely temples did have deadly boobietraps. now indiana jones makes way more sense. and it was a really cool system as well.


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geekend update is really starting to grow on me. the stream of ridiculous awesometivity is quite amusing

 

[Mithcha]

They must've done more than simply hold their breath surely. Stood in a particular spot, carried some sort of bag, did a voodoo dance, something.

This is an example of a mazuku, a place where CO2 emissions from magma accumulate in low-lying areas. The name comes from East Africa, where there are many mazuku filled with the bones of animals who died in them, as well as those of the scavengers who went in after first victims.

Mammoth Mountain in California also does this. There's a place called Horseshoe Lake there, and it looks and feels like Mordor annexed it recently. All the trees are dead and there is next to no animal life because of the CO2. People have nearly died there because of it.

Lake Nyos, also in Africa, is a lake that occupied a mazuku, and occasionally releases massive amounts of CO2 all at once like a bursting can of soda. One of these eruptions was large enough that the CO2 flowed downhill and displaced the oxygen in a village, killing most of the people there without them realizing what was happening.

So, as well as holding their breath for three minutes as The Gentlemen said, they could've stood on a relatively high spot and been 'safe' so to speak? Sort of assuming the density of the Co2 wouldn't persist throughout the entire cave if it only forms in low-lying spots.

And how can gas flow? Or isn't it a gas when it comes out one of these mazuku?

All gasses can flow, dude. You never heard of jetstreams? Or air-currents? Gas flows from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure, and if it's dense enough, settles like liquid would. I'm sure you've seen fog, steam, smoke... What did you think all that moving they do was? Go evaporate some dry-ice, see for yourself how gas can flow. This stuff is like, 6th grade science lesson.

Meh, been years since I did any form of science and my science teachers were so shit I switched off, tend to do that when the lessons pretty much consist of "look at the shiny". Thought they were just moving, floating. I've never heard it be called "flowing" before. Flowing, to me, describes the action of a liquid, like a river flows. Even looking it up in the dictionary it never refers to gas. But ok, gas flows now.

 

[Latinidiot]

You know, I always knew that the ancient Greeks had an idea of Hades being a physical place, and even that they had a vague idea of the direction. I didn't realize there was an actual cave that they could point to and go "see this? This is where Odysseus entered the underworld and talked to the dead."

Yeah, me neither. I mean, presumably no Greek ever journeyed to where Atlas held up the sky, for instance, despite that being a physical place in their mythology. But this actually is a physical place, and the conclusion that it's the entrance to the underworld is pretty darn reasonable, under the circumstances. Plus, once you can literally travel and see the "entrance to the underworld", it becomes a lot easier to imagine that you could in fact go hold a chat with Atlas if only you traveled far enough.

There were many gates to the underworld in classical times. I believe the romans had an entry near Lake Averno. I believe that's where Aeneas descended to Hades, but that's a Roman story by Vergilius.

 

[Flatfrog]

All gasses can flow, dude. You never heard of jetstreams? Or air-currents? Gas flows from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure, and if it's dense enough, settles like liquid would. I'm sure you've seen fog, steam, smoke... What did you think all that moving they do was? Go evaporate some dry-ice, see for yourself how gas can flow. This stuff is like, 6th grade science lesson.

One of the classic kitchen science experiments is to take a jug of CO2 (usually created by mixing baking soda with vinegar) and pour it over a candle to put it out. It's awesome because you are literally pouring an invisible fluid over the candle. (in physics, the word 'fluid' refers to either a liquid or a gas - possibly a plasma too, not sure)

 

[GamemasterAnthony]

Huh, I'll be interested in what they find when they send a team down in haz-mat suits.

Hopefully EA's dignity?

Well...now you're just making an assumption here. I mean...did EA HAVE any dignity to begin with?

Okay, guys? If you find a big door shouting "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL DOOMSDAY!", do me a big favor and LEAVE IT ALONE!

Just saying.

You sir get bonus points for remembering that episode of The Real Ghostbusters.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

I like when stuff like this is found. It revives a little bit of the world's mystery and fantasy. I'm well aware that there'll be some volcanic vent underneath there and not a river of souls, three headed hound, spooky ferryman or captive godess, but its fun to imagine.

I agree. It's always fun when we find a mythical site and we get an understanding of WHY people thought it was so special.

Although this site is CREEPY AS HELL. 0_0 I wonder how many people tried to go in in order to save a dead loved one from Hades, and never came back...

 

[Xarathox]

Oh god, this reminds me of a comic book series so much, but I can't think of the name of it. I only read the first issue but it is something like, people find the door to hell, open it by mistake, deamons pour out, they send in a strike force of American soldiers to try and close it, they fail, and the issue ends with them letting some guy out of prison so he can try something. But the thing I remember about it most is a double panel where it shows hundreds of flying deamons circling Big Ben. Please, I need someone to help me figure out what this comic is called.

Gears of War? Sounds exactly like the very first GOW game...

 

[putowtin]

They found the door to my secret lair!?!

Quick boys to plan B!

 

[Elvis Starburst]

*wears Pit's clothes from Kid Icarus Uprising, and activates the Power of Flight, diving straight into the hole* Your days are numbered, MEDUSAAAAAA!!!!!

OT and being more serious: Wow o.o I can't wait to see if there's a legit Underworld or at least something interesting down there. This is kinda exciting~

 

[GamemasterAnthony]

Huh, I'll be interested in what they find when they send a team down in haz-mat suits.

Hopefully EA's dignity?

Well...now you're just making an assumption here. I mean...did EA HAVE any dignity to begin with?

Okay, guys? If you find a big door shouting "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL DOOMSDAY!", do me a big favor and LEAVE IT ALONE!

Just saying.

You sir get bonus points for remembering that episode of The Real Ghostbusters.

We both dang well know, for a fact, if they find that door,we're boned. Military curiousity.

True...especially since we both know the military will prolly try to take on whatever comes out of it out of sheer machismo.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

Carbon Dioxide? Are we sure they didn't say "dioxide" while meaning "monoxide"? Because this is what that sounds like. Also, CO2 can't kill trees, they breathe it.

Um, too much of anything can kill anything.

We breathe oxygen, but too high of a concentration kills us.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

Also, I hope once they finish exploring the place, that it becomes a tourist attraction again. I'd love to go there and leave a pomegranate for Persephone.

I think visiting this place has just ended up on my List of things to do.

 

[bat32391]

Well that is one hell of a discovery isn't it?

 

[omicron1]

Whellp... Should make for a fun tourist attraction, provided (A.) gas masks are mandatory, and (B.) the environmentalist groups don't make them seal it up again for the sake of the birds...