Those things are crazy. I bet it would be cool to ride a helicopter over those, that would be badass.
Blackout
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Posted:
Oct 31 2009 01:09 pm
I wonder if anyone ever died falling in to one.
Chile Guy
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Posted:
Oct 31 2009 02:57 pm
Now I feel bad for the planet. And for Chile, for having two of these.
Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Posted:
Oct 31 2009 03:30 pm
Feel better Earth
Knyte
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Posted:
Nov 02 2009 01:10 pm
Rydog wrote:
Those things are crazy. I bet it would be cool to ride a helicopter over those, that would be badass.
You have fun with that.
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The size of the hole is such that wind currents inside cause a downdraft that has resulted in helicopters being sucked in and crashing. Good to know the area above it is now a no-fly zone.
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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Location: phoenix, az usa
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Posted:
Nov 02 2009 10:32 pm
since its related to the OP:
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Giant crack in Africa will create a new ocean
"A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.
The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.
A new study involving an international team of scientists and reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the processes creating the rift are nearly identical to what goes on at the bottom of oceans, further indication a sea is in the region's future.
The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.
