Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sinkholes

Hell (photograph)

think the writer of the film 2012 (2010) came out with the idea from thin air? think again. sinkholes happened from natural depression caused by the removal of soil/rock by water under the surface. they can form slowly or instantly. below are 5 of the amazing sinkholes, in alphabetical order:

Bimmah Sinkhole (Oman) - somehow, the residents turned the sinkhole into a tourist park.

Sinkholes (picture)


Blue Hole (Belize) - it was a perfect circular 305m across, 123m wide deep hole. the hole was once an opening to a cave system during the Ice Age. now, a spot for extreme divers.

Sinkholes (picture)

Guatemala Sinkhole (Guatemala) - appeared in 2010, it was caused by tropical storm (Agatha), bringing many rains with it.

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Neversink Pit (Alabama) - appeared in 1998. 15m deep n housed a large amount of rare ferns. it was bought by a group of cavers later for preservation.

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The Devil's Sinkhole (Texas) - appeared in 1867. 122m deep n housed as many as 4 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats. now a registered National Landmark, as well as a well recognized tourism destination.

Sinkholes (picture)

6 comments :

  1. I want to go to the Blue Hole and dive! But it is very expensive though... :P

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  2. wah! i never know anything about sink holes, especially the one in Guatemala looks scary!

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  3. Then we should go down this hole...and we might discover those creatures during our Descent. :D

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  4. akira:
    it might be, update us if you know the price!

    ivan:
    it felt more scary because it happened right in the middle of the town, don't you think?

    tekkaus:
    what creatures were you referring to?

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  5. I like *wooooooow*
    That is really amazing levian.
    I don't know that this kind of thing exist all over the world.

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  6. zezebel:
    true, we usually won't notice until things started getting wrong around us.

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