World's Deepest Underwater Cave Discovered In Czech Republic

Explorers unearthed the world's deepest underwater cave known as Hranicka Propast in the eastern town of Hranice in the Czech Republic. It is about 1,325 feet deep, which is considered the deepest cave on Earth yet discovered.

Hranická propast je s 404 metry nejhlubší zatopenou jeskyní světahttps://t.co/Noyhlvi5pH pic.twitter.com/vK9hr1Sxwk

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The team of explorers used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to capture the deep cave. Krzysztof Starnawski, the Polish explorer who financed the mission said that robots do not do the job instead of them. He further said that they are still needed to show them where to go, according to Christian Science Monitor.

Hranicka propast. As Martin said, "This place is beyond human imagination" pic.twitter.com/Pjk0VzOWAA — leonardo zillo (@leonardozillo) September 11, 2015

Mr. Starnawski also felt like a Columbus of the 21 century after the discovery of the deepest cave. He has been exploring since 1998. He described the cave as very unique because it's like a volcano that shaped from hot mineral water bubbling from the bottom up, rather than rain coming from the top down like most caves. He also said that the discovery made the world's deepest known underwater cave, which fit to drop the Pozzo del Merro in Italy by 12 meters, the previous record-holder, according to Times of Malta.

Starnawski intended not to achieve the deepest dive by the human instead to assist the exploration by the ROV. He said that in this cave they wanted to explore beyond the 400-meter limit and it cannot be done by a scuba diver in the cave. He also said that diving in the cave is the only price to be paid for this discovery and it was worth paying.