Slumbering energies

At 2:00 pm on August 5, 2010, a gold and copper mine collapsed in the Atacama Desert, and 33 miners were instantly trapped 700 metres under the earth’s surface. In 35°C heat and suffocating humidity, the miners lacked sufficient food or water, and after days of peering down adjacent tunnels and ventilation shafts for a way out, they came to the terrifying conclusion that there was no escape. On this day, 33 miners were forced, by a rare act of fate, to become superior to their former selve...