Sinkhole: You have got to be $hitting me!!!

• Jun 2, 2010

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Its the A$$ hole of the world, better watch out as crap might be comming out of it soon.

 

• Jun 2, 2010

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bobbysocks

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mudpuppy said:

Anyone that's lived in the mountains around here knows there are sinkholes popping up from time to time due to the limestone caves underneath just collapsing...but it is a sink hole. It sinks, falls in...slowly. If its real quick it may drop a few feet in a day and then more over a week or two.
This monstrosity is not a sinkhole, even if they call it that. Hell's Elevator would be a more fitting name for this catastrophe.

I'd like to see some pics from a RC camera drone of the interior!
Derek

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thats all most of central america is ..one huge limestone formation. i dive and there are places called "cenotes"...limestone caves filled with fresh water. i have dove several cenotes and they can be quite deep, huge, and run for miles. if one caved in...well..you see what would happen.

 

• Jun 2, 2010

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Matt308

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Yeah you and your cenote would get flushed! I like mudpuppy's idea, fly a remote controlled airplane in there and lets see if its full of demons or some such stuff. That's some scary stuff there.

 

• Jun 6, 2010

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They finally figured out what was in the sink hole.


http://thefrogman.me/post/651422174/this-is-no-cave


Wheels

 

• Jun 6, 2010

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Maestro

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**EDIT** Wheelsup beat me to it...

 

• Jun 6, 2010

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ROTFLMBO!!!

 

• Jun 6, 2010

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Revis Island.

 

• Jun 7, 2010

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Njaco

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Fla-eee-dah!

"Tremors: Guatamalan Drift"

 

• Jun 7, 2010

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In my castle....

....or "The Guatemalan Connection"

 

• Jun 7, 2010

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B-17engineer

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They should use that for Journey to the Center of the earth!

 

• Jun 7, 2010

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Shinpachi

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Yeah. Journey to the underground world!

This is an artificial sinkhole to prevent the river flood in Tokyo. Interesting to me, its structure is same as the natural ones.

 

Last edited: Jun 7, 2010

• Jun 8, 2010

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GrauGeist

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wow Shinpachi, those images look like they're straight out of a science fiction film!!

 

• Jun 8, 2010

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Shinpachi

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I don't know why GG but the Japanese like the underground structure since Iwo Jima

 

• Jun 8, 2010

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Matt308

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Looks like the dwarven Mines of Moria.

 

• Jun 8, 2010

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Shinpachi

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Free tour is available, Matt308.

Departs: Every Tuesday to Friday. 3 tours a day.
(Maximum number of tour participants : 25 people for each tour)
The 1st tour 10:00 - 11:30
The 2nd tour 13:00 - 14:30
The 3rd tour 15:00 - 16:30

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• Jun 8, 2010

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Gnomey

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That is a pretty amazing piece of engineering there.

 

• Jun 9, 2010

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Shinpachi

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Thanks Gnomey. It is better than producing battleships at least.
More photos are here.

 

• Jun 9, 2010

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I reckon its the work of the predator

 

• Jun 9, 2010

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Njaco

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Fla-eee-dah!

Thank God Japan doesn't have earthquakes.

 

• Jun 9, 2010

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Shinpachi

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Governor of Tokyo Mr. Ishihara would be happy if no earthquake might not come against the rumour for these several decades. No construction designer expects no earthquake anyway.
Photo: Kobe 1995.