Thursday, April 9, 2015

Holes on Earth You Should Know








Planet Earth has its mysterious holes that may either give you goose bumps or live you speechless.
Nothing is as impressive as how our mother earth makes us feel numb and the compilations as shown here will live you mind blown.

Bingham Canyon, Utah
A once progressive town due to its rich copper deposits shows off its might in the 20th century and now is a uninhabited place as the land sinked and took everything due to the mines.

Sinkhole, Guatemala
In Zona 2 a three storey factory swallowed with reasons known to be because of sewer pipes leakage, Pacaya Volcano eruption and the Tropical Storm Agatha. This created a hole of 65ft (20m) across and 100ft (30m) deep.
Sinkhole Guatemala


Kimberly Diamond Mine, South Africa
Due to mining of diamonds why a hole came to existence in the town of Kimberly.
Kimberly Diamond Mine South Africa


Great Blue Hole, Belize
A sinkhole created which is in a cave or underwater is a blue hole but in Belize it is underwater. It takes about 980ft depth.
Great Blue Hole Belize


Derweze or Darvaza, Turkmenistan
Known as the "gate" and is rich in natural gas so it is calls as the "door to hell". The collapsed area took about 70meters (230ft) due to the drilling of the rig.
Derweze Darvaza Turkmenistan


Article source: Wikipedia.org

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