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How did early humans live in caves? Derinkuyu, Turkey's largest underground city. How will astronauts going to Mars live? The world's longest living person in a cave: The 500 Day Story of Beatriz Flamini
Earthscraper projects for underground cities...
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Beatriz Flamini. After spending 500 days alone in a cave, this is how she posed for the cameras as they brought her out of the ground. Did you notice the smile on her face? How do you think being not exposed to the sun for so long might have affected her skin, her vision? Did she lose her mental balance in the last 1.5 years she spent underground, or is she laughing with joy at being rescued? That smile reminded me of Kimmy Schmidt, who came out smiling after living underground for 15 years, you know, the Unbreakable one. Well, they had brainwashed her to keep her under the ground. Also, it was just a series. In real life, why would a real person want to live underground? That's what we're going to look for today. As the writer Jules Verne once did. In his novel "A journey to the Center of the Earth" the characters embarked on a journey into the earth, following a volcanic tunnel system. And during these fantastic journeys, they encountered such strange things as gigantic caves, seas, oceans, vegetation, strange fossils, strange fungi and prehistoric animals. Would you like to live underground like this to find another world in the lower layers of the earth? Do other creatures live in Middle-earth? If you want, Let's not go too far and now, unlike usual, let's look downwards this time. Let's follow the story of our journey from underground to Mars. From the caves where our ancestors lived, to the giant underground cities in Turkey, to the planned earthscrapers in the big metropolises, and from there to our journey to Mars.
Because they are all interconnected. Turkey is geographically located in a very lucky position. Istanbul lies at 41 degrees north latitude, somewhere in the middle of the northern hemisphere. And that's why the day and night periods don't change that much during the summer and winter. Also, the weather is mostly sunny. And by extreme, I mean places further north. For example, in this city, sometimes the sun never sets. It looks like it's going to set, then whoop dawns again. In most of northern Europe, the sun shines at 11 pm in summer, and even 12 in some places. I don't know if you've ever experienced something like this. Unfortunately, one cannot understand this very well by staying for a few days. :) I have an acquaintance who moved to such a place from a warm place like Izmir, and I know from what he told me. Almost 6 months of winter, meters of snow, cold temperatures up to -30 degrees... But these are nothing to him. I'm serious! His only problem is not being able to see the sun for very long periods of time. Sun. “When we see the sun, we feel like we are born again, a strange excitement fills us,” he says. :) This is really no joke. Sunlight directly affects our mood. This condition even has a name. Seasonal affective disorder, a form of seasonal depression. Even light therapy is recommended for treatment. People living in such northern regions, who cannot see the light for a long time, have to illuminate their homes in different ways. Here is the most basic challenge of living in a cabin underground or in an isolated environment. To imitate sunlight.
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Researched and Written by: Ögetay Kayalı
Edited and Presented by: Barış Özcan
Edited by: Alperen Çatak
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