Joshua Owen

The Earth's Heart

Deep in the dark of the earth, the hole was called the Kola Borehole. Before the final war, for twenty years the Soviet Union dug, they dug until they reached a point where the drill became useless, the high temperatures baking the metal, and so it was sealed. Another 100 years passed, technology grew more advanced, and the Russians had the skills to continue the Soviet’s project. So in secret, they continued the dig, every year going deeper, and every year adding to the skill of their labors. They dug until they reached the center of the Earth, where they reached the space of liquid iron, molten in its turmoil. Pressing through to the center, they removed the drill and put a camera on a heat-controlled device. Dropping the device down the hole, it reached the end point of their digging, a blinding bright light shone through all the molten iron. They moved the device towards it, and for hours it went, until it reached the light. It was a small circular object, the shape and size of a dollar coin. And its color was ever changing, morphing between colors, alive and vibrant.