These
holes are not only amazing, but some of
them
are
really terrifying - especially #8! The sheer
scale
of these
holes reminds you of just how tiny you
are.
1.
Kimberley Big Hole - South
Africa
Apparently the
largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world,
this
1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds
before
being closed in 1914.
The
amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to
2. Glory
Hole - Monticello Dam,
California
A glory
hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and
water
needs to be drained from the
reservoir.
This is
the "Glory Hole" at Monticello
dam,
and it's
the largest in the world of this type
of
spillway, its size enabling it to consume
14,400
cubic feet of water every
second.
The hole
can be seen at the top left of the photo above.
If you
were to jump in for some reason, your body would
shoot
out near the bottom of the dam (below). There is
one
person known to have had this experience. She
did
3.
Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
This is
supposedly the largest
man-made
excavation
on earth. Extraction began in
1863
and still
continues today, the pit increasing
in
size
constantly. In its current state the
hole
is ¾
miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.
4. Great
Blue Hole , Belize
This
incredible geographical phenomenon known as
a
blue
hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of
Belize.
There
are numerous blue holes around the
world,
but none
as stunning as this one.
At
surface level the near perfectly circular hole is ¼
mile
wide, and the depth in the middle reaches
145
meters.
Obviously the hole is a huge hit with
divers. |
5. Mirny
Diamond Mine , Serbia
I'm
pretty sure most people have seen this
one.
It's an
absolute beast and holds the title of
largest
open
diamond mines in the world. At 525
meters
deep,
with a top diameter of 1200 meters,
there's
even a
no-fly zone above the hole due to a
few
helicopters
having been sucked in.
The red
arrow in the photo above is pointing
This
incredible mine can be found
300km
northeast
of Yellowknife in Canada ...
The mine
is so huge and the area so remote
that it
has its own airport with a runway large
enough
to accommodate a Boeing 737.
It looks
equally cool when the surrounding
A
sinkhole is caused when water,
usually
rainwater or sewage, is
soaked
up by the earth on a large
scale,
resulting in the ground
These
photos are of a sinkhole that occurred
early
this year in Guatemala . The hole swallowed
a dozen
homes and killed at least 3 people.
Officials
blamed the monster of a hole on a
And the
really terrifying one?
|
This is the
famous "Rat Hole" that you have heard
about.
It is capable
of swallowing trillions and trillions of
U.S.
dollars...
Annually! Never to be heard from again.
It makes me
tremble & shiver! |