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Cologne drill pierces ancient coral reef deep beneath soccer field
Original: A 66-foot drill rig on a soccer field in Cologne, walled in by stacked containers 33 feet high, cored day and night for almost 10 weeks down 2,631 feet through a 380-million-year-old coral reef and hit water, and now the hole gets plugged and the field goes back
A 66-foot drill rig on a soccer field in Cologne bored day and night for nearly 10 weeks, cutting 2,631 feet down through a 380-million-year-old coral reef before striking water. The site was screened by shipping containers stacked 33 feet high. With drilling complete, the borehole is now being plugged and the field returned to use.
Why now: The unusual scale and depth of the drilling project, and its striking location on a city soccer field, are drawing attention.
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