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Famous Sinkholes On Land and Sea Locations-Any Others?
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Dom Nizza
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:04 am Reply with quote Back to top
These photos sent to me by my Pittsburgh cyber buddy. I have never seen anything like them, with a little explanation on each.

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Monticello Dam California ..Shows the sinkhole drain (left corner) for the resevoir. Has anyone see this one?

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This one is a Diamond Mine and consider a no fly zone.. Helicopters get sucked in. Really? The Red arrow is a truck that uses the road to descend. WOW ...... a little scary for me. There must be others... Thanks for sharing.. I'm learning lots of new stuff on your great WEB.
 
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TyeDyeSkyGuy
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:46 am Reply with quote Back to top
I'm not sure that either can be considered a sink hole. The first pic of the damn appears to be an overflow to take on water during a flood.

The second just seems to be a mine, nothing more. And, I would bet I could fly a kite over and not get it sucked in. Very Happy
 
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Dom Nizza
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:22 am Reply with quote Back to top
tyedyeskyguy wrote:
I'm not sure that either can be considered a sink hole. The first pic of the damn appears to be an overflow to take on water during a flood.

The second just seems to be a mine, nothing more. And, I would bet I could fly a kite over and not get it sucked in. Very Happy

Perhaps you are right ... all I did was to google "Sinkholes in the world" This one was identified as a Sinkhole" (one filled with water)....

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This one was called "The Great Blue Hole of Belize.. in Central America 60 miles off the mainland. I guess there are all kinds of "sinkholes" whether man made or one by nature. I'm sure there are others?

This is a LINK that could be helpful.
CLICK RIGHT HERE to Environmental Science Institute
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TyeDyeSkyGuy
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:42 pm Reply with quote Back to top
Now that's a sink hole!!! That is a spectacular pic.
 
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Dom Nizza
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top
tyedyeskyguy wrote:
Now that's a sink hole!!! That is a spectacular pic.

It sure is... used my little brownie camera .. (not really) I was shocked too. Here is another a little closer to home.

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This is the Bingham Canyon Mine in UTAH, the World's Largest, started in 1863 and 3/4 mile deep... It is still active. I wonder if it's a Tourist attraction? ... Cool ... Cool
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Here is an inside view of that Bingham Canyon Copper Mine.

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Not so easy to get this photo.. had to travel through a couple of gallery sites... The Copper coloring is really beautiful.
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