After 40 days in voluntary isolation, 15 people in a scientific experiment have emerged from a vast dark cave in southwestern FranceLOMBRIVES CAVE, France -- Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days? For 40 days and 40 nights, the group lived in and explored the cave as part of the Deep Time project. We just left after 40 days ... For us it was a real surprise," said project director Christian Clot, adding for most participants, “in our heads, we had walked into the cave 30 days ago.”At least one team member estimated the time underground at 23 days. On Friday, scientists monitoring the participants entered the cave to let the research subjects know they would be coming out soon. “It’s really interesting to observe how this group synchronizes themselves,” Clot said earlier in a recording from inside the cave.

Source: ABC News April 24, 2021 08:05 UTC