Comment on Report on an Unidentified Space Station – J.G. Ballard (1982)Comments−cl3misch3moOur voices echoed away into a bottomless pit [of the elevator shaft]Would voices actually "echo away" in a literally bottomless pit?−alexthehurst3moYes. Even standing outside a straight-through tunnel, you can get some echo back to you off the walls.−refsab3moThe bottom of the bottomless pit is just a regular pit?−IAmBroom3moIf true, then it would still take a looooong time for the first echo from it.But the walls will echo almost instantly.
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Would voices actually "echo away" in a literally bottomless pit?
Yes. Even standing outside a straight-through tunnel, you can get some echo back to you off the walls.
The bottom of the bottomless pit is just a regular pit?
If true, then it would still take a looooong time for the first echo from it.
But the walls will echo almost instantly.