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Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Date: July 17, 2014 09:56AM
Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/giant-hole-siberia-crater-end-of-world_n_5591780.html?cps=gravity
A giant hole has opened up in Siberia, and nobody quite knows why.
The massive hole, which spans about 262 feet in diameter, was spotted recently on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia, commonly known as the "end of the world," The Siberian Times reported. The depth of the hole is not yet known.
New video footage shows the mysterious hole surrounded by vegetation in a seemingly remote area. The ground on the outskirts of the hole appears to have been displaced, perhaps by whatever caused the hole to form.
Given the crater's proximity to a natural gas field, one theory is that the hole formed following an explosion, caused by a mixture of gas, salt and water igniting underground.
So far, local officials have ruled out a space rock as the culprit behind the hole.
"We can definitely say that it is not a meteorite," a spokesman for the Yamal branch of the country's Emergencies Ministry told The Siberian Times, adding that there are no further details yet.
Dr. Chris Fogwill, a polar scientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia, said the hole may be what's left of a pingo, a heap of Earth-covered ice that is found in the Arctic and subarctic. If the pingo was large enough, and melted, it potentially could have created a giant hole.
"Certainly from the images I've seen it looks like a periglacial feature, perhaps a collapsed pingo," Fogwill told The Sydney Morning Herald. "This is obviously a very extreme version of that, and if there’s been any interaction with the gas in the area, that is a question that could only be answered by going there."
In fact, a team of scientists has been dispatched to study the Siberian hole and take samples from the surrounding region. They are reportedly due to arrive Wednesday. Until then, the mystery continues.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/giant-hole-siberia-crater-end-of-world_n_5591780.html?cps=gravity
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A giant hole has opened up in Siberia, and nobody quite knows why.
The massive hole, which spans about 262 feet in diameter, was spotted recently on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia, commonly known as the "end of the world," The Siberian Times reported. The depth of the hole is not yet known.
New video footage shows the mysterious hole surrounded by vegetation in a seemingly remote area. The ground on the outskirts of the hole appears to have been displaced, perhaps by whatever caused the hole to form.
Given the crater's proximity to a natural gas field, one theory is that the hole formed following an explosion, caused by a mixture of gas, salt and water igniting underground.
So far, local officials have ruled out a space rock as the culprit behind the hole.
"We can definitely say that it is not a meteorite," a spokesman for the Yamal branch of the country's Emergencies Ministry told The Siberian Times, adding that there are no further details yet.
Dr. Chris Fogwill, a polar scientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia, said the hole may be what's left of a pingo, a heap of Earth-covered ice that is found in the Arctic and subarctic. If the pingo was large enough, and melted, it potentially could have created a giant hole.
"Certainly from the images I've seen it looks like a periglacial feature, perhaps a collapsed pingo," Fogwill told The Sydney Morning Herald. "This is obviously a very extreme version of that, and if there’s been any interaction with the gas in the area, that is a question that could only be answered by going there."
In fact, a team of scientists has been dispatched to study the Siberian hole and take samples from the surrounding region. They are reportedly due to arrive Wednesday. Until then, the mystery continues.
Go here to watch the news story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/giant-hole-siberia-crater-end-of-world_n_5591780.html?cps=gravity
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Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Kaiju?
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Date: July 17, 2014 10:19AM
I'm betting that a giant monster burrowed out from under the ground...
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Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Glory Hole
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Date: July 17, 2014 11:30AM
It's a giant glory hole.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Hmmmmm
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Date: July 17, 2014 11:57AM
Glory Hole Wrote:
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> It's a giant glory hole.
Are you saying that Siberia is the Earth's "Glory Hole"?
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> It's a giant glory hole.
Are you saying that Siberia is the Earth's "Glory Hole"?
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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snow white
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Date: July 17, 2014 12:08PM
Looks like a close up of a white girls butthole after being destroyed by the BBC!
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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mystery solved
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Date: July 17, 2014 12:25PM
The key to solving this mystery is the answer to the question, "Has Siberia recently eaten at a dodgy Mexican or Indian restaurant?"
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Mine looked like that
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Date: July 17, 2014 12:32PM
Nothing a little Preparation H can't fix..
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
Posted by:
496
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Date: July 17, 2014 01:09PM
Svetlana's gash.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Blame Bush Libby
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Date: July 17, 2014 01:11PM
It's George Bush's fault. WAAAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Moses Tietelbaum
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Date: July 17, 2014 03:00PM
In which area of FX County is "Siberia" located? I've never heard of that neighborhood.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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johnny ringo
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Date: July 17, 2014 05:33PM
It's everywhere the Progs live.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Timmy O'Toole
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Date: July 18, 2014 01:22PM
We're sending our love down the well.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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Geophysicist
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Date: July 18, 2014 01:24PM
It's an earth zit. Recommend dumping truckloads of Clearasil around it.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
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htmU7
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Date: July 18, 2014 01:25PM
Moses Tietelbaum Wrote:
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> In which area of FX County is "Siberia" located?
> I've never heard of that neighborhood.
News Patrol still doesn't know where to post his off topic crap, and nobody can explain why.
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> In which area of FX County is "Siberia" located?
> I've never heard of that neighborhood.
News Patrol still doesn't know where to post his off topic crap, and nobody can explain why.
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
Posted by:
News Patrol!
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Date: July 18, 2014 03:14PM
Bumping for Fairfax readers who all care about this. Could happen in Fairfax!!
Re: Giant Hole Forms In Siberia, And Nobody Can Explain Why
Posted by:
News Patrol!!
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Date: July 18, 2014 05:40PM
News Patrol! Wrote:
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> Bumping for Fairfax readers who all care about
> this. Could happen in Fairfax!!
It already has.
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> Bumping for Fairfax readers who all care about
> this. Could happen in Fairfax!!
It already has.