82ft-wide, 650ft-deep sinkhole in Chile

originally posted by: All Seeing Eye

originally posted by: angelchemuel
It's so perfectly round it looks like its been drilled!
Rainbows
Jane

Im wondering where all the material went. Mining in the area is a possibility, but doubtful anything they cut could hold that much dirt. More likely a natural cave collapsed, filling in with the dirt.

Going to be interesting, if, the results are made public.

The second link is to USGS and explains the different ways sinkholes are created.

I've been fascinated with sinkholes and crop circles ever since I first hard about them many years ago. A perfectly formed circle is not unusual, which the link also explains.

[www.usgs.gov...]

a reply to: nugget1
Thank you.
Rainbows
Jane

If the debris from the sinkhole fell a big distance down does that signify there was a pre-existing void below the sinkhole already?

a reply to: nugget1

Hollow earth is collapsing I guess lol

Sinkholes can be scary, anywhere can happen

just the hole left behind from an old vimana waking up

originally posted by: Yoamr
just the hole left behind from an old vimana waking up

Nah man, all them vimanas were disassembled along time ago for a precious element called vibranium that they needed to make hilldog a new toy. Facts bro #ing facts 😎

That's where all of the Missing Socks go.

originally posted by: ManSizedSquirrel
So that’s where all my hopes and dreams ended up.

Underground nuclear test explosions can leave large caverns that can collapse for a variety of reasons. Somebody came up with a plan to build automobile tunnels by exploding nuke weapons in series. That idea was allegedly scrapped, though.

originally posted by: 1XKINET0
If the debris from the sinkhole fell a big distance down does that signify there was a pre-existing void below the sinkhole already?

a reply to: nugget1

Sinkholes are common where the rock below the land surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or rocks that can naturally be dissolved by groundwater circulating through them. As the rock dissolves, spaces and caverns develop underground. Sinkholes are dramatic because the land usually stays intact for a while until the underground spaces just get too big. If there is not enough support for the land above the spaces, then a sudden collapse of the land surface can occur. These collapses can be small, or, as this picture shows, or they can be huge and can occur where a house or road is on top.

The most damage from sinkholes tends to occur in Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.

The link I've provided has lots of interesting and fascinating information on the various causes and types of sinkholes. I highly recommend giving it a quick read!
[www.usgs.gov...]

An ATS thread also has a lot of information:

Heavy rains and underground water running in conduits through fine grained sediment, often causes voids in the material. Occasionally, these voids form into an arch shape. As time goes by, the tops of these arches are forced up and up by the water. When the arch reaches the surface, it collapses into a near perfect hole.

And thats how we get almost perfect circular sinkholes

[www.abovetopsecret.com...]

Give yourselves to the Void.

It is getting bigger


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