Giant, deep deep, sinkhole in Guatemala

[Boilers]

Tropical storm leaves more than 115 dead in Central America - CNN.com

 

[redneckmedic]

That is one beautiful photo-shop!!!

 

[pudly]

That is one beautiful photo-shop!!!

Seriously. That doesn't look fake at all. Thanks CNN.

 

[Suprtek]

That looks like a scene from that Steven King movie, the Langoliers!

 

[Boilers]

google and these things seem to pop up (DOWN?) a lot in Guatemala. What makes them so round and deep?

2007 there was one 330 feet deep. Taller than the AUL building. Just GONE.

 

[kobra]

Looks like the Silver Surfer passed through. .

 

[pudly]

Here is a picture of a previous one from National Geographic. Guatemala must be hollow...

 

[Boilers]

I thought the SofL was bigger. Kinda like this comparison I just put side by side...

 

[45calibre]

What are those things called? How do they happen?

That some scary Ish.

 

[pudly]

It's a sinkhole, and a particularly large one. They happen when there is an open cavern underground (often due to underground water) that collapses for one reason or another- usually unexpectedly. Simetimes they are even man made when a water pipe bursts underground. There have been much smaller ones in Indiana.

Wikipedia article for more info.

 

[IndyBeerman]

google and these things seem to pop up (DOWN?) a lot in Guatemala. What makes them so round and deep?

2007 there was one 330 feet deep. Taller than the AUL building. Just GONE.

AUL Tower, now the One America Tower is much taller than 330 ft.

16 Tallest Buildings/Monuments in Indianapolis with feet in height to the side.

Chase Tower 830
One America Tower 533
One Indiana Square 504
Market Tower 421
300 North Meridian 408
M&I Plaza 401
City-County Building 372
101 West Ohio 360
AT&T Building 321
Capital Center South Tower 311
Hilton Indianapolis 302
Riley Towers I 295
Riley Towers II 295
Conrad Indianapolis 287
AT&T 220 Building 284
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monumenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Indianapolis#endnote_note02.5E 284


Lucua Oil even chimes in @ 270 feet and comes in at 19th tallest.

 

[HandK]

Wow!!! thats gonna take allot of fill!!!

 

[Colt]

Video of sinkhole.

YouTube - Guatemala Crater - Guatemala Sinkhole

 

[redneckmedic]

Wow!!! thats gonna take allot of fill!!!

I would start with expanding foam... I love that stuff

 

[jjlaughner]

dam ground squirrels...

 

[IndyBeerman]

dam ground squirrels...

Nope this is the new improved riod raged ground hornet hole.

Imagine a ground hornet flying up out of that!

 

[Jack Ryan]

google and these things seem to pop up (DOWN?) a lot in Guatemala. What makes them so round and deep?

2007 there was one 330 feet deep. Taller than the AUL building. Just GONE.

A. Extraterrestrials are stealing our planet one hole at a time.

B. Illegal aliens tunneling in to Texas.

C. Pirates interrupted while burying their booty.

 

[SavageEagle]

A. Extraterrestrials are stealing our planet one hole at a time.

B. Illegal aliens tunneling in to Texas.

C. Pirates interrupted while burying their booty.

D. The Guatemalan Government has a secret mind reading base under their Country and they REALLY control the world.

 

[femurphy77]

Typically caused by receding groundwater. Central America is typically limestone groundrock. As the water tables are lowered by whatever fashion the ceiling of underground caverns are no longer supported and will eventually collapse. I've been diving in the cenotes in Mexico and it's pretty cool to come into an area where the ceiling has collapsed. There's usually a large pyramid of debris that matches the shape of the ceiling of the cave and then sometimes a hole in the ceiling where a shaft of light comes thru. The ones I've been in had ceiling holes no bigger than 5 feet in diameter. I saw the biggest damned spider I'd ever seen in one of those caverns. Made me glad we were on scuba and could just submerge and swim away from it!

 

[slackerisme]

Two Words folks.... Black Holes!!!!