News Giant sinkhole in Guatamala City

[Andy44]

Okay, this looks fake to me, but if it's real, it's pretty scary:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ea...ers-and-collapsed-roads-around-the-world.html

 

[Zeehond]

It is real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_City#Sinkholes

 

[SiberianTiger]

Sometimes they grow bigger and bigger, like the sinkhole in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berezniki"]Berezniki[/ame]:

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/10/29/a-giant-sinkhole/

Last winter's shot:

 

[James.Denholm]

Dang-nabit hellspawn. Just won't get the message that they're not welcome.

 

[IronRain]

weird.. and scarring... what will happen if you fall into a sinkhole?

 

[Urwumpe]

We have one here in the location, which is WAY more scary.

http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&sour...2909,10.583396&spn=0.018756,0.038581&t=h&z=15

That sink hole is from 1912, right next to it is a nuclear waste dump that is slowly approaching the same fate.

 

[SiberianTiger]

We have one here in the location, which is WAY more scary.

http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&sour...2909,10.583396&spn=0.018756,0.038581&t=h&z=15

That sink hole is from 1912, right next to it is a nuclear waste dump that is slowly approaching the same fate.

I'm afraid, maps on maps.google.de somehow look way too ascetic for non-German users:

I wouldn't call what I see here 'scary'. Could you specify just Lat/Long of the object?

 

[Urwumpe]

Try it with: 52.132995°N 10.583732°E

There is a small lake there, which is the sink hole of a collapsed salt mine.

 

[RisingFury]

Good God!

Imagine stepping out of your house one morning just to find this on your front lawn!

"Honey! My car is missing!"

 

[Urwumpe]

"Honey! Where is my shotgun?! The moles are huge this year!"

 

[bwog]

Next time there's a really deep one, they should try to build a city in it :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

Next time there's a really deep one, they should try to build a city in it :lol:

Like that one?

http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/SA/VEN/Bolivar/SimaHumboldt.htm

Or rather that one? [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hole"]Big Hole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[ar81]

What causes sinkholes?

 

[orb]

What causes sinkholes?

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole"]Sinkhole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[AirSimming]

It's one of the mosty scary things I've seen for now.

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Sinkholes never got my attention so far. But there seems to be some really scary but also interesting events: