Giant hole appears at 'world's end'

[OrbitalDawn]

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/07/16/04/48/giant-hole-appears-at-world-end

A mysterious giant hole spotted in northern Siberia has sparked an urgent expedition.

Aerial images posted on YouTube indicate a hole up to 80m wide in Yamal, a peninsula jutting into Arctic waters whose name translates as "the end of the world".

The hole was discovered by a helicopter crew working for an oil company in the gas-rich region, The Siberian Times reports.

A scientific expedition organised by the Yamal authorities will leave tomorrow to investigate. The team includes experts from Russia's Centre for the Study of the Arctic, the Cryosphere Institute of the Academy of Sciences and Russia's Emergencies Ministry.

The cause of the hole's sudden appearance is not yet known.

Experts said that the darkening around the inner rim of the crater indicated "severe burning" that scorched its edges.

A spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry's Yamal branch has ruled out a meteorite strike and web speculation about the crater indicating "the arrival of a UFO craft" has likewise been dismissed.

An expert from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre said global warming could be the culprit, releasing gases under the surface that mixed with water and salt and then exploded like a champagne cork.

The expedition team will take soil, air and water samples for analysis.

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[LazyLion]

Sarlacc Pit... or maybe one of Putin's ass pimples.

 

[Crystal Web]

/crystal ball extraction complete

 

[Electric]

"We must hide the rocket in a new place Vladimir, the Americans are on to us!!"

 

[Mortymoose]

More than likely the hole that was made in Russia's contribution to the BRIC Bank!

 

[EchoZA]

They found Goatse

 

[MKFrost]

So Russia will be getting their own Kimberley.....

Does not look like a sink hole judging by the heaps of soil surrounding the hole. Could it possibly be an impact crater?

 

[Mortymoose]

I read this on the Mail online last night, one person pointed out that it was not a sinkhole due to the rise around the edges and the burnt sands, explosion of sorts.....

 

[TheTwo]

Hollow earth is real

 

[Electric]

Hence my picture above.

I read this on the Mail online last night, one person pointed out that it was not a sinkhole due to the rise around the edges and the burnt sands, explosion of sorts.....

 

[OokMobile]

Time to visit Pellucidar at last...

 

[LazyLion]

Does not look like a sink hole judging by the heaps of soil surrounding the hole. Could it possibly be an impact crater?

The bottom part looks like a sinkhole, cos you can see the cavity underneath.

But yeah... the top part does not look normal for a sink hole.

The crater part could just be loose sand that fell down into the sink hole after it appeared, but what on earth is all that other stuff around the hole?

 

[kianm]

Waits for confirmation of what exactly this is

 

[copacetic]

That is awesome.

 

[nand]

...waits for people to blame global warming.

This is pretty cool, should be interesting to hear what happened.

 

[XennoX]

Damn, guys the Silver Surfer is real. Earth is about to be consumed.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Could be a pingo that popped, apparently.

 

[Nerhzelok]

 

[scudsucker]

...waits for people to blame global warming.

An expert from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre said global warming could be the culprit, releasing gases under the surface that mixed with water and salt and then exploded like a champagne cork.

...really.

 

[Solarion]