Ode to Sinkholes: Earth’s Dirty Little Secret
The Blue Hole, Belize
Sinkholes, Earth’s way of playing practical jokes on unsuspecting humans, cars, houses, buildings and even entire lakes.
Some sinkholes are quite ugly, huge, gaping maws, but others, beautiful and stunning, Earth’s own oddities.
Earth, she can shake, rattle n roll, and at times, sink out of sight.
LAKELAND, Fla. – Two giant sinkholes almost completely drained a lake, leaving dead fish rotting on oozing mud flats and alligators and snapping turtles fighting for their lives.Scott Lake began draining last week, and the larger of the two sinkholes grew this week to at least 200 feet wide and 15 feet deep, claiming a dock, concrete walkway and chain-link fence. Source – MSNBC
That giant sucking sound…
La Jolla, California Sinkhole
Sinkhole swallows house in Florida
Cenote Zacatan, Mexico – Thought be world’s deepestsinkhole, its true depth is still unknown.
Source - UTexas
Devil’s Sinkhole, Rock Springs, Tx
Sinkhole Vs. Semi
Prairie Village, Kansas
There Goes The Property Values ~
WILDWOOD, Mo. – To folks around Wildwood, it is nothing but freaky: an entire 23-acre lake vanished in a matter of days, as if someone pulled the plug on a bathtub.
Lake Chesterfield went down a sinkhole this week, leaving homeowners in this affluent St. Louis suburb wondering if their property values disappeared along with their lakeside views. Source MSNBC
Florida Sinkhole
330 foot wide sinkhole in Guatemala
By LBG
Image – Blue Hole, Belize, Image – Florida Lake, Image – Pickup truck, Image – San Diego Sinkhole, Image - Lake Chesterfield, Image – Florida House, Image – Cenote Zacatan
Image – Devil’s Sinkhole, Image – Truck, Image – uwec, Image – Guatemala Sinkhole
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er, hello. Where did you learn to count ? 330 feet sink hole in Guatamala. Either the photo is wrong or your addition is wrong. Compare the sinkhole width with that of a truck nearby. The red one for example. Or is that a 50 foot long truck ? Hmmm……
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Ok a mistake was made . Make sense of it yourself or don’t be rude . The hole is 330 ft DEEP . No matter it is truly huge and several people lost their lives in this event.
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