Sorry, but you HAVE to see this.

Narwhal · June 2010

Holy eff.
Look at this effin' sinkhole in Guatamala.
Eff.
I think the earth is just going to gobble us all up.

ekathleen684 · June 2010

At first I thought it was photoshopped. That is scary.

Narwhal · June 2010

Yeah, I thought the same thing too. Here's the link.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/guatemala.sinkhole/index.html?iref=allsearch

PaigeMcC · June 2010

omg, terrifying!!

PhilliesPhan23 · June 2010

How does that happen? Where are all of your smart science people...please explain to me... I'd love to know how that happens. It is terrifying!

hetshup · June 2010

Narwhal, you and your BF were in my dream last night. You had a ring made of glass and I broke it.... Sorry!

Narwhal · June 2010

Damn you Hetshup.

1337love · June 2010

I think the sinkhole has to do with the tectonic plate shifting (kind of like an earthquake) and the ground becomes unstable, esp where water tables lie (think the nashville TN flood) and the ground shifts downward. I THINK that's right. I should probably wiki it.

sapphirebaby926 · June 2010

Holy fluck - that's terrifying

bajediva · June 2010

whooooaaaa....

hetshup · June 2010

Ok, normally these types of sink holes are caused by some sort of cession (that could be wrong, this is off the top of my head). There are pockets of liquids all over the world, water oil, natural gas etc etc. Once the pocket empties, whether due to human interaction, ie- pumping oil or water for consumption or natural forces, ie- techtonic forces such as an earthquake that allow the pocket to void, the surface pressure becomes greater then the pressure in the pocket, allowing a collapse.

Does that help?

Christi213 · June 2010

It's terrifying to think that the earth could just, literally sink, beneath us.

dwest2201 · June 2010

That some scary sh*t right there.

Ana_2985 · June 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_sorry-but-see-this?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:8b15861e-7d88-4a8e-99ff-3cb6e700a1a4Post:c0f33171-a358-4420-b15a-d0cfec99e2c8">Re: Sorry, but you HAVE to see this.</a>:
[QUOTE]I think the sinkhole has to do with the tectonic plate shifting (kind of like an earthquake) and the ground becomes unstable, esp where water tables lie (think the nashville TN flood) and the ground shifts downward. I THINK that's right. I should probably wiki it.
Posted by 1337love[/QUOTE]

Not exactly - but it was a good effort! You could have said aliens like most non-science people :)

My mom called me and asked if she should be worried that it is a perfect circle. They're always circles. I think that's to do with Physics, which is not my specialty.

Sinkholes form when soft rock under the surface dissolves. Eventually there is not enough support for the surface material, and it collapses and a sinkhole forms. You get large ones like this is areas with a lot of limestone and precipitation. North FL gets sinkholes of this size too.

tafft1 · June 2010

Sinkholes are very scary , saw them alot in Florida , a few in Michigan when I lived there as well , but that picture is just..there are no words. It is very scary