According to many legends and tales, to the north is the entrance to the underground realm, where the legendary tribes left the ancient inhabitants of the earth. Mystics believe that it is near the North Pole are hidden from the uninitiated, the entrance to the legendary Hyperborea, Shambala and Plutonia even. And recently, one authoritative edition reported that ... To confirm the version of life under the ground are the facts: at the poles, the air becomes warmer, wood floats in water, a compass behaves strangely.
BEAUTIFUL MYTH.
On a possible life within the Earth People wonder ever since Plato, who believed that the Earth is riddled tunnels and cavities. A scientist Edmond Halley, studying the Earth's magnetic field, came to the conclusion that it varies slightly, and therefore there should be some. It followed that in the earth there is a sphere with its own magnetic field. Then the idea of ' hollow earth ' for a long time operated science fiction writers. In the film, the Wachowski brothers ' The Matrix ' the remnants of humanity after the civilization on Earth was destroyed during the war, built the city of Zion in the world, which is then protected from the attack of Army vehicles. And many scientists have tried to prove the viability of the idea of ' hollow earth ' through a variety of calculations and experiments.
But do not forget that the idea of voids inside the Earth came to us from antiquity. And 75 years ago card ' mystery ' of the North one-third consisted of white spots, and you can build all sorts of assumptions.
- We have, in the north, there are no holes that could be the entry and exit to the underground space, no - says Mark Sadikov, Academy of Natural Sciences, doctor of geological- mineralogical sciences. - There is a deep part of the Arctic Ocean, where there is some lifting - ridges, between which the deep basin.
- The only thing I can say is - continues to Marina Gavrilo, research associate, department of geography of polar countries DENMARK - that I myself was at the geographic North Pole. And there are no holes, there is not observed. Even a hint of holes! . For a long time out there looking for land, and therefore there beautiful myths. But now, in the XXI century, modern methods, this area is very well studied, although 75 years ago, people did not really know the earth is there or not.
WHY ARROW crazy.
Proponents of ' hollow earth theory ' believe it not only proves the existence of several magnetic fields (E. Halley ). They say that the aurora borealis - a gas seeping through the thin crust at the poles of the planet. In addition, proponents of this theory point to the fact that the compass needle simply goes crazy near the poles. Finally, many researchers have noted that the north wind blows warm, which confirms the existence of a large voids.
- Indeed, magnetic fields, there are many. There's even a magnetic field, reflecting the areas of old platforms - says Mark Sadikov. - As for the winds, they may vary depending ' on the local conditions, and the temperature difference, of course, there is.
- There are two magnetic poles - north and south, and they move well - reminds Marina Gavrilo. - They are thoroughly investigated and concluded that each pole is not constant and quite actively migrating. As the northern lights, it is - an amazing phenomenon. It is due to emission of excited atoms in the upper layers of our atmosphere is concentrated in certain areas in the belt of oval, situated at some distance of the magnetic poles, where we see it. The astronauts also observed that all of our Earth, as an aura, enveloped in the glow, the glow of the most that we see on the ground only at the poles. The power of the aurora has a tremendous impact not only on the psyche of people, she even does cause harmful interference to radio communications, which led to his close study of.
The fact that the needle goes crazy near the poles - this is normal. I was at the south magnetic pole, and we watched as a compass just did not know what to do. After all, the greatest strength of Earth's magnetic field inside the poles, where the arrow and aims to provide.
According to M. Gavrilo, the warm winds blow from the North, if the front of the vessel is open water, of course, it is warmer and the wind can also be warm. There is a certain zoning related to the local weather situation. In the northern hemisphere cold pole is located in Yakutia, and in the South - at the station 'East', which recorded the lowest temperature - about 90 degrees.
DEEPER - SOME MYSTERIES.
Most of the assumptions for the ' hollow earth theory ' is based not on scientific facts, and on hunches. So serious modern scholars do not even want to comment on such theories. What, in general, is quite understandable due to the high level of development of modern science. North, of which there are various hypotheses, if not thoroughly understood, it is extremely thorough. What can I say, if in addition to the monthly scientific expeditions on icebreakers back regularly go even foreign tourists.
According to scientists, the cavity inside the Earth can exist only in karst caves. Although proponents argue that when comparing the surface area and weight of the planet's conclusion that, whether the land the ball hard, it would weigh a lot more.
At Marina Gavrilo on it too has an answer: ... At least take into account that inside the Earth is not at rest mass, and moving. A rough calculation as a result can easily give.
Life inside the Earth is impossible not only because there are no spaces, but also because in some depth the rapidly increasing pressure and increasing temperature. For example, in Africa, the mine was laid by the depth of one kilometer. And the people there can be only refrigeration units - because of the extremely high temperatures.
Thus, the ' hollow earth theory ' was very relevant, especially in those times, when science has not been as well developed as it is now. But life goes on, and knowledge, supported by verified facts, it becomes more and more. However, not enough people on the mysteries of the Earth's surface, and they are looking for them inside our planet. After bowels of the earth is not well studied, especially 'after two-kilometer depth.
Deeper layers of the lithosphere are a solid mystery. What is hidden Greatest depths of the Earth - no one knows. There may be surprises abound. A dream and look for something new - built into human nature.
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