While this may be old news, I find it rather fascinating. This hole killed two people, and it's abosolutely massive. It reminds me of a scene from a movie...
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Totally Inexplicable: Massive Hole in Guatemala
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How wide is that hole? I thought florida sink holes were bad.-
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I read this a few days ago in "El Nuevo Herald," Miami's Spanish version of "The Miami Herald." It's an impressive event and lets us argue how good did the city's architects did their work. Maybe this was a hole filled with water connected to the city's underground water supply. Overtime the hole would have dried up because of the water overuse and since there was no water to support the weight above, the hole just imploded. Maybe the hole was always there but covered by rock layers. Overtime the weight of the houses and roads and water intrusion weakened the structure and it just imploded.
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The Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole, located near Ambergris Caye, Belize.
The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off of the coast of Belize. It lies at near center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 60 miles from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is almost perfectly circular, over 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last ice age when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed.
Diving
The Great Blue Hole is of interest to divers, although because of the near vertical (past vertical in some cases) walls and great depth, the interior of the hole is of little interest. What divers come for are the walls themselves. Ringing the walls of the hole, beginning at around 100 feet, the sheer face of the hole becomes a hanging curtain of stalactites, some up to 40 feet long. Divers can swim among these, provided they are very careful to control their depth. Farther down, in the domain of technical divers (110 feet or deeper), the ancient cave systems opens up, leading to many smaller passages.
The Great Blue Hole is highly frequented by bull sharks, therefore making a dive a potentially dangerous endeavor. While no cases of (fatal) attacks on humans have been reported, divers should be aware of this at all times and retreat when groups of them appear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hole
It looks great for a very scary movie.
The Great Blue Hole, located near Ambergris Caye, Belize.
The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off of the coast of Belize. It lies at near center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 60 miles from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is almost perfectly circular, over 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last ice age when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed.
Diving
The Great Blue Hole is of interest to divers, although because of the near vertical (past vertical in some cases) walls and great depth, the interior of the hole is of little interest. What divers come for are the walls themselves. Ringing the walls of the hole, beginning at around 100 feet, the sheer face of the hole becomes a hanging curtain of stalactites, some up to 40 feet long. Divers can swim among these, provided they are very careful to control their depth. Farther down, in the domain of technical divers (110 feet or deeper), the ancient cave systems opens up, leading to many smaller passages.
The Great Blue Hole is highly frequented by bull sharks, therefore making a dive a potentially dangerous endeavor. While no cases of (fatal) attacks on humans have been reported, divers should be aware of this at all times and retreat when groups of them appear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hole
It looks great for a very scary movie.
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