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Related: About this forumGiant crater found in Siberia near 'end of world''
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/16/newser-siberia-crater/12738131/
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Giant crater found in Siberia near 'end of world'' (Original Post)
littlemissmartypants
Jul 2014
OP
I am no geologist, but I guess it is giant sinkhole, right at the sandy edge of a bog.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#1
I always expected the asshole of the world would be closer to Port Arthur, Texas
Xipe Totec
Jul 2014
#2
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. I am no geologist, but I guess it is giant sinkhole, right at the sandy edge of a bog.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)2. I always expected the asshole of the world would be closer to Port Arthur, Texas
At least according to Janis Joplin.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)3. pingo ?
Talking to The Sydney Morning Herald, polar scientist Dr. Chris Fogwill says it's likely to be a geological phenomenon called a pingoa block of ice that's grown into a small hill in the frozen arctic ground:
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mysterious-hole-discovered-in-siberia-1605872539
The permafrost [frozen earth] can be hundreds of metres thick, allowing for large ice features.
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.
We're seeing much more activity in permafrost areas than we've seen in the historical past. A lot of this relates to this high degree of warming around these high arctic areas which are experiencing some of the highest rates of warming on earth.
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mysterious-hole-discovered-in-siberia-1605872539
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Man! I don't want to go anywhere near that without a safety harness.
It looks like a roach motel... They check in (or, chuck in)... And never check out.
Warpy
(111,417 posts)5. You'd probably want a SCUBA setup, too
because I don't imagine there is much down that hole that is breathable.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)6. Here are a couple more links.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/16/331982188/a-huge-new-crater-is-found-in-siberia-and-the-theories-fly
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10971128/Scientists-baffled-by-appearance-of-giant-crater-in-Siberia.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/a-mysterious-crater-in-siberia-has-scientists-seeking-answers-was-it-a-meteor-an-alien-or-global-warming/story-fnjwvztl-1226990539778
Interesting and a little unnerving.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10971128/Scientists-baffled-by-appearance-of-giant-crater-in-Siberia.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/a-mysterious-crater-in-siberia-has-scientists-seeking-answers-was-it-a-meteor-an-alien-or-global-warming/story-fnjwvztl-1226990539778
Interesting and a little unnerving.
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)7. Very cool. Thanks! eom
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)8. Very cool. Thanks!
I have the notion this is a perfect spot for the final republican convention. Or the hole that they crawled out of initially.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)9. I would watch the Rep convention myself
if they were going to be down in that thing.
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)10. Me too.