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CuXe · 2010-06-01, 01:06

This sinkhole just opened up after a storm in Guatemala City (around 330ft deep!). My first thought? Photoshoped! because it seemed too smooth.. However after doing a lil digging, it appears this sinkhole is actually real! That being the case I have to say this is one of the most ginormous things I have seen in a while, I recall a similar instance in Florida but this one is way bigger.

Source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/20...uatemala-city/

Here are some pics:

Dilla · 2010-06-01, 01:22

Looks like the start of a real life horror movie, better go get my shotgun and board up the windows.

**monir** · 2010-06-01, 01:25

Yeah, I've seen this yesterday and made a note will talk about it once I get a chance to log in. As I logged in today, I forgot all about it thanks to the relentless spammers that needed to be dealt with. Anyway, that is an amazing display of the type of destruction nature is capable of. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

The question is if it is nature that did it, or if it was a well or something that was covered under the pavement?

james0246 · 2010-06-01, 01:25

Where's Ringo when you need him...

Kafriel · 2010-06-01, 01:32

Gotta be careful not to drop my cellphone in there...

Tiberium Wolf · 2010-06-01, 01:36

Just 1 question... what does it have at the bottom? It seems so weird that it seems to be perfect circle plus the walls seems so smooth.

CuXe · 2010-06-01, 01:47

^ indeed thats why I thought it was Photoshoped at first...

Just added a few more pics to the OP Post from different angles btw...

Lio · 2010-06-01, 02:05

This - Is - Guatemala !!

I like how those policemen are looking into it with both awe and fear. It really is gorgeous isn't it?

Tiberium Wolf · 2010-06-01, 02:08

Other questions... where did all that land mass go? How in the hell are they going to "fix" this? I don't think anyone living there going to remain without fear. Maybe Guatemala could make this into a touristic attraction

Dilla · 2010-06-01, 02:16

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Originally Posted by CuXe

Lol, the way those guys are looking down that hole makes me even more wary.

james0246 · 2010-06-01, 02:25

Does anyone know if there has been a lot of rain in Guatemala City lately? Because that could account for the sudden creation of such a large sinkhole...

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Originally Posted by Tiberium Wolf

Just 1 question... what does it have at the bottom? It seems so weird that it seems to be perfect circle plus the walls seems so smooth.

Various different rocks (probably the land mass that fell into the hole as well as undissolved bedrock), and possibly a stream. Sinkholes are often created when the bedrock of an area suddenly (or gradually) is dissolved by the water table (precipitation can also lead to sinkholes in certain areas (a town in Pennsylvania has the moniker "Sinkhole Capitol of the World"))...

Kafriel · 2010-06-01, 02:26

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where did all that land mass go? How in the hell are they going to "fix" this?

I assume that the ground gave in at one or more points down there, so it all fell into a big cavity somewhere. If it was a tornado, it would have been raining soil for a good few days.

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what does it have at the bottom?

...more earth

Dilla · 2010-06-01, 02:27

The first Pacific tropical storm (Tropical Storm Agatha) struck Guatemala yesterday and a smaller sinkhole happened in that very same spot about three years ago. Torrential rains and wind and all that.

**monir** · 2010-06-01, 02:31

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Originally Posted by james0246

Does anyone know if there has been a lot of rain in Guatemala City lately? Because that could account for the sudden creation of such a large sinkhole...

Yes, there was the tropical storm Agatha that played havoc with massive amount of rain. Mud slides were reported all over that country.

Kafriel · 2010-06-01, 02:36

Stupid question, how are they gonna patch it up? Unload tons of soil till it fills?

james0246 · 2010-06-01, 02:36

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Originally Posted by monir

Yes, there was the tropical storm Agatha that played havoc with massive amount of rain. Mud slides were reported all over that country.

Well there you go, case solved (and Dilla nails the case shut with the repeat-offender case history). (Shows how aware of the world I am currently...) Now we can just look at the pretty pictures of the big deepness...anyone else reminded of the sinkhole from The Descent

(it was how the girls got into the cave systems)?

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Originally Posted by Kafriel

Stupid question, how are they gonna patch it up? Unload tons of soil till it fills?

If it was the old days, they'd fill it with garbage first before sealing it up

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~~Tsuyoshi~~ · 2010-06-01, 02:41

That is one huge hole. Perhaps there's something more than just earth down there. Who knows...

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Originally Posted by james0246

If it was the old days, they'd fill it with garbage first before sealing it up

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That's actually a good idea. Better than dumping it on the surface

CuXe · 2010-06-01, 02:42

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Originally Posted by james0246

Well there you go, case solved (and Dilla nails the case shut with the repeat-offender case history). (Shows how aware of the world I am currently...) Now we can just look at the pretty pictures of the big deepness...anyone else reminded of the sinkhole from The Descent

(it was how the girls got into the cave systems)?

If it was the old days, they'd fill it with garbage first before sealing it up

.

That is the name of the movie I was thinking about! The Descent:

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Originally Posted by Yoko Takeo

That is one huge hole. Perhaps there's something more than just earth down there. Who knows...

**monir** · 2010-06-01, 02:42

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Originally Posted by Kafriel

Stupid question, how are they gonna patch it up? Unload tons of soil till it fills?

By renting it to us, the great US. We will bring them tons and tons of garbages.

Nooooo... James beat me to it!

Kafriel · 2010-06-01, 02:44

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Perhaps there's something more than just earth down there. Who knows...

Yeah, there's also rocks...and worms, ofc, otherwise the ground below wouldn't have weakened to such a state that the elusive waters could crush the layer of earth that was holding those ~100m above...underground.

2010-06-01, 01:25	Link #4
james0246 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East Cupcake	That's a nice hole... Where's Ringo when you need him...

2010-06-01, 01:36	Link #6
Tiberium Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Age: 44	Just 1 question... what does it have at the bottom? It seems so weird that it seems to be perfect circle plus the walls seems so smooth. __________________

2010-06-01, 02:08	Link #9
Tiberium Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Age: 44	Other questions... where did all that land mass go? How in the hell are they going to "fix" this? I don't think anyone living there going to remain without fear. Maybe Guatemala could make this into a touristic attraction __________________

2010-06-01, 01:22	Link #2
Dilla 'Sup Ballers Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina, USA Age: 34	Looks like the start of a real life horror movie, better go get my shotgun and board up the windows.

2010-06-01, 01:32	Link #5
Kafriel Senior Guest Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens (GMT+2) Age: 35	Gotta be careful not to drop my cellphone in there...

2010-06-01, 02:05	Link #8
Lio Presence Join Date: Jun 2009	This - Is - Guatemala !! I like how those policemen are looking into it with both awe and fear. It really is gorgeous isn't it?

2010-06-01, 02:27	Link #13
Dilla 'Sup Ballers Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina, USA Age: 34	The first Pacific tropical storm (Tropical Storm Agatha) struck Guatemala yesterday and a smaller sinkhole happened in that very same spot about three years ago. Torrential rains and wind and all that.

2010-06-01, 02:36	Link #15
Kafriel Senior Guest Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens (GMT+2) Age: 35	Stupid question, how are they gonna patch it up? Unload tons of soil till it fills?