The surface tension became unbearable, so we started drilling. The Kola Superdeep Borehole, created out of boredom and a desire for supernatural depth. A water tower sits above a well that goes so deep all the water boils. Drop a bag of tea in the tundra; sulphuric air wafts skyward from the bottom of the earth. Strange incongruencies collect in a tunnel that was never to end. The project was eventually terminated in 1995 due to a lack of funds. Mission control was relocated au Fond du Lac. The core team still plays tennis in Tornado Valley, organized on grids drawn across some of the flattest places on earth. Into the cracks of the court settles an uneasy calm.
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2024 Tornado Watch @ Schwindelfrei Festival with Eszter Koncz tornadowatch.online photo by Lys Y. Seng