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[Zeus Molecules]

It is probably just earth giving way because of gas mining/fracking. You suck stuff out of the Earth, it will collapse. Nature how does it work.

yep

 

[Ponn]

It's started

hold onto your butts, we don't have Superman

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Let's go check it out guys

 

[Mr. Bamboo]

I am so confused, and intrigued right now . A meteor would cause a much wider blast radius for a hole of that depth.

We need better footage of this.

 

[jett]

It's just sinkhole. That's not a crater, nor is it "mysterious."

 

[terrisus]

Tunguska 2: We're Back!

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Sifting through the bad jokes and now I want to see more. Like take a remote controlled chopper in there. There has to be more than crappy pic and video.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

probably the worst article I've ever read.

 

[Steiner84]

The giant hole appeared close to a forest some 30 kilometres from Yamal's biggest gas field Bovanenkovo.

It is Russia's main production area for gas and the Bovanenkovo field is of central importance to gas supplies from Siberia to the world.


the hole is a real phenomenon and it is believed to have been formed around two years ago.

The gas field was discovered in 1972 and developed by Gazprom starting production in 2012. The Yamal peninsula is bordered by the Kara Sea - Baydaratskaya Bay - to the west, and the Gulf of Ob on the east. It extends some 700 kilometres over mainly permafrost.


Experts are confident that a scientific explanation will be found

well..
I think it might be Space Mutants!

 

[Auto-Reply]

This Siberian hole is on the opposite end of the world from

Did they ever take photos of whats at the bottom there? (camera on a rope or something?)

 

[SolidusDave]

Did they ever take photos of whats at the bottom there? (camera on a rope or something?)

yup
www.i.imgur.com/y6hjgAh.jpg

 

[gutter_trash]

''All that you know, is at an end.''

 

[Kinyou]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ouOX0eXJU

Why is it so huge? Stop being so huge.

 

[E92 M3]

I have trypophobia and that picture taken with a potato stirred my stomach =/

 

[soepje]

I can't stop seeing a gigantic eyeball. Freaky.

 

[Arcipello]

explosive sinkhole maybe....pressure underground may have been high and so the weakest part of that chamber simple popped

 

[TheSpoiler]

What's my ex-girlfriend doing in Siberia?

I'll see myself out now.

 

[Az]

The bigger mystery is what kind of camera was used to record this. Im sure they do not make those anymore.

 

[The_Poet]

The dune worms are finally hatching

 

[CTLance]

Looks fucking awesome. Also scary, but that's par for the course for sinkholes.

explosive sinkhole maybe....pressure underground may have been high and so the weakest part of that chamber simple popped

That's the way I see it as well. There is by far not enough ejecta and other signs of destruction for a genuine impact to create a crater of that depth. Must've been comparatively tame, there's not that much stuff lying around. Makes sense, too, given there's a gas field basically directly under it.

 

[fierrotlepou]

What's my ex-girlfriend doing in Siberia?

I'll see myself out now.

 

[MrPressStart]

That is some scary shit. Imagine walking across the land and all of a sudden the whole thing just falls...

 

[May16]

It's like a Gameboy camera with color.

That was my exact first thought.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Clearly viral video for The Incredibles 2: Rise Of The Underminer.

 

[Zweizer]

This is our hole. It was made for us.

?

 

[Green Wiggly]

I can't stop seeing a gigantic eyeball. Freaky.

I wish a gigantic eyeball was what I was seeing there.

 

[PatBot]

Does not look like a sinkhole. Sinkholes just collapse downwards without creating an elevated rim around the crater. Looks like material has been ejected, too, so explosion or impact seem more likely.

 

[JDSN]

J̄ͤ̈͌̍u̎̇ͦ̊ͣm̈̾̅ͩͩ̔̾̅̓ͭ̋͐͐͑̊͑pͧͩͤͯ̒ͯ̈́̈́̈͊ͧ͌͊̂ͪͩ̚ ͋ͪ́ͨͥiͮͬͯͧͨͤ̈̍ͫ̂̐̑n͆̀ͣ͐̃ͩͭͧ͌̆͊ͥ.̏͐̈́ͧ̍̑̑͊͒ͪ̓ͮ̍ͤͦ̄͒̏̀

 

[Kurdel]

Does not look like a sinkhole. Sinkholes just collapse downwards without creating an elevated rim around the crater. Looks like material has been ejected, too, so explosion or impact seem more likely.

In the OP it says gas bubbles popping while permafrost is melting.

 

[NastyBook]

Spoiler

Believe!

Damn, even the clouds are fucked.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

So who's gonna be the first to rappel down.

 

[ChoklitReign]

How the fuck was I supposed to know that was Yamcha? My first two guesses were Stanley Yelnats and Tetsuo.

 

[Phaethon0017]

Evil Hole Horror Manga

That was the creepiest thing I've ever read. Some twisted minds out there.

 

[ReaperXL7]

so what are the chances that they will actually send something/someone down into this hole to get a peek from the inside? I would have to imagine they will want to do that at some point for research purposes?

 

[Kreunt]

There's more of them!
Two new giant holes found in Siberia and scientists are still mystified

 

[Hesemonni]

It is probably just earth giving way because of gas mining/fracking. You suck stuff out of the Earth, it will collapse. Nature how does it work.

Fuck. We need a billion dollar budget Dune movie. Sandworms are way too cool.

 

[R1CHO]

Da fuck is going on with my browser?

 

[Zombine]

This is a better explanation as to what is actually happening.

 

[iceatcs]

Damn, our scientists are really crap. I don't think they will ever save the Earth.

 

[Chichikov]

Da fuck is going on with my browser?

It's not your browser, i̡̟̘̞̙̤̳t̖̦́'s̷ y̨͇̟̞̳̣o̧̢͓̹̬͖͎͖u̷͙̟̮̘̜͇͇͚͠r͓̦͔̭͚̞ s̸̸̢̡̡̱̹͉̯̱ơ̡̢͍̭͎̲͚͇͕̞͙̹̭̺͖̖̣̖̕͝ͅͅͅu̴̸̩͉̹̻̱̫͓̗̦̺̬͍̩͉̫̲̘͔͞l̷͈̯͔̼͙̜̺. H̬͖͍̬̳̝͙͈̻̺͙̩͈̠̗̉̈́́́ͥ̈́̓͂ͦ̿͌̃ͤ͠͠ͅͅĒ̷̴̸̱͇̠͇͚̺̣͔͓ͦ̈́͗ͪ̽͆ ̴̨͎̻̰̞̬̗̓̾̔ͭ̾̄ͥ̎̓̇͋̿̿̓̊̒C̢͍̱̟̬̟̱̜͔̝̳̼̦͙̫̣̠̜ͫ͌̇̂̈̀͢͡͝Ơ̧̬̭͚̼͔̤͕̼̣̟̋̊ͩ͋ͧͦͮ̽̉̉̀͢͞ͅM͛̒ͫͧͯ̏̾̃ͮ̓̈́̄͆̐̀ͨ̍̎͟͏͍̲̥͍͈͈̠͘Ë̶̢̛͇͙͙̳́̿ͧ͟͠Ṡ̛͙̩̹̭̮͈̮͎͙͕̠̦̥̬̐͐̿̈́ͦ͗͋́̂͢͞

 

[jerry1594]

Da fuck is going on with my browser?

He put that there

This is a better explanation as to what is actually happening.

Well shit

 

[Yagharek]

This is a better explanation as to what is actually happening.

Well, fuck.

Ebola is nothing on this.

 

[PJV3]

This is a better explanation as to what is actually happening.

Siberia must smell like a fart that never goes away.

 

[industrian]

?

The Enigma of Amigara Fault.

 

[Insane Metal]

Duuuuhh, posted above.

 

[Psxphile]

Siberia must smell like a fart that never goes away.

If scientists want to get more people excited about this methane release explanation, maybe they should call it sandworm flatulence.

Ha.

So as far as mysterious holes opening up and swallowing whole towns, this is only really an issue for the 'frozen' North, right? Meanwhile the rest of us are going to have to deal with the fallout of mass quantities of methane wrecking havoc on the climate.