Into the 'Well of Hell'.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 23, 2021
Driven by their passion to explore the unknown, a team of Omanicavers are believed to be the first to reach the bottom of Yemen'smysterious Well of Barhouthttps://t.co/YfOJAgwypc pic.twitter.com/hLfqEjuW9N
9月15日,一支來自阿曼的探險隊索降至位於也門邁赫拉省(Mahrah)的「巴爾豪特之井」(the well ofBarhout)——也被稱為「地獄之井」——的底部,歷史上一直有各種各樣關於該深坑的民間傳說,當地人認為此處是「魔鬼的監獄」,歷史上也傳說此深坑有着「世界上最邪惡的水」,是「異教徒靈魂的牢籠」。
Omani cavers have descended to the bottom ofthe Well of Barhout in Yemen, believed by some locals to have beencreated as a prison for jinns or genies and a gateway to Hell@SpookyGeologyhttps://t.co/dtIk6V7f84
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9月21日,這支阿曼探險隊正式公佈了「地獄之井」內部的照片。領隊的是阿曼人穆罕默德·肯迪(Mohammad AlKindi),他在採訪中表示,他帶領7名隊友下至深坑底部,但是沒有任何靈異或不舒服的感覺。
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— ?????? ??????? ???????? ?????? (@OCET_Oman) September 16, 2021
穆罕默德·肯迪在採訪中直言:「他們說麥加的滲滲泉是地球上最神聖、最純淨的水,而地獄之井的水是最邪惡的,但我們在深坑底部看到的只是純淨的淡水,我們甚至喝了一整瓶,什麼事也沒發生!」穆罕默德·肯迪和他的隊員在深坑底部一共待了6個小時左右,並測得空氣無毒且氧氣含量正常。
The Barhout well was discovered inHadhramaut by an Omani team and went down to its depths. All thelegends about it were superstitious and untrue, as a waterfall wasfound in it that flowed from the width of the well to its bottom.pic.twitter.com/DOYArPIgwv
— (almoneef) (@almunefcom) September 20, 2021
穆罕默德補充道:「洞的底部有很多蛇,因為那裏沒有天敵,這很正常。我們還看到了許多『洞穴珍珠』,它們是千年形成的碳酸鈣沉積物,並在緩慢水流的沖刷搬運下變得平滑且滾圓化,直到它們形成珍珠一樣美麗的模樣。」
穆罕默德·肯迪和他的團隊沒有在深坑底部看到其他人類活動的痕跡,他也希望通過自己的親身探索,能夠消除關於「巴爾豪特之井」和也門其他類似洞穴的謠言和恐懼,穆罕默德·肯迪計劃接下來繼續前往也門哈德拉毛省(Hadramout)探索類似的深坑。來源:GulfNews
director general of Mahra's geologicalsurvey and mineral resources authority, said at the time.
— Evie Mazzone (@Evie_Calling) September 23, 2021
'We noticed strange things inside. We also smelled somethingstrange... It's a mysterious situation.'
Some have speculated that this well is a supervolcano that pic.twitter.com/MeUF6Woax6