Showing posts with the label Sinkholes

Hells Bells

Jan 11, 2021

Deep down El Zapote cenote, a 50-meter-deep water-filled sinkhole in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites take a diff...

Berezniki: The Russian City Swallowed By Sinkholes

May 3, 2019

The city of Berezniki, in Russia’s Ural mountains, is slowly sinking into the earth. The city of more than 150,000 individuals was built dir...

The Sinkholes of Cerro Sarisarinama

Feb 26, 2015

Cerro Sarisarinama is a table-topped mountain called a tepui , in Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park at the far south-west of Bolívar State, in...

Disastrous Sinkholes From Around the World

Sep 24, 2013

In the last few years, news of unexpected sinkholes swallowing cars, houses and people have made headlines with disturbingly high frequency....