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Seven Amazing Holes Around the World

I thought maybe some of you would be as awed by these as I was.
Susan http://www.millan.net/minimations/to...s/mermaid3.gif

Amazing Holes

Looking at photos like these fascinates me.
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 ton's of diamonds
before being closed in 1914.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...Kimberley1.jpg
The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to
total 22.5 million tons.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...Kimberley2.jpg

2. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam
A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and
water needs to be drained from the reservoir.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...GloryHole1.jpg

This is the glory hole belonging to Monticello dam in California
and it's the largest in the world.
Its size enabling it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every s econd.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...GloryHole2.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...GloryHole3.jpg
The hole can be seen at the top left of the photo above.
If you were to jump in for some reason your slightly dead
body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam.
(below)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...GloryHole4.jpg

3. Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...anyonMine1.jpg
This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth.
Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...anyonMine2.jpg
The pit increasing in size constantly.
In its current state the hole is 3/4 mile deep and 2.5 miles wide.

4. Great Blue Hole, Belize
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...oleBelize1.jpg
Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize this is an incredible,
geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole.
There are numerous blue holes around the world
but none as stunning as this one.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...oleBelize2.jpg
At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is 1/4 mile wide.
The depth in the middle reaching 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
mine in the world.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...amondMine1.jpg
At 525 meters deep with a top diameter of 1200 meters.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...amondMine2.jpg
There's even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters
being sucked in.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...amondMine3.jpg
The red arrow in the photo above is pointing to a 50 ton truck.

6. Diavik Mine, Canada

This incredible mine can be found 300km northeast of
Yellowknife in Canada.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ok/Diavik1.jpg
(It's amazing that it doesn't fill up with water, being surrounded by it.)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ok/Diavik2.jpg
The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it even has its own
airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737.
It also looks equally as cool when the surrounding water is frozen.

7. Sinkhole, Guatemala

A sinkhole is caused when water (usually rainwater or sewage)
is soaked up by the earth on a large scale, or when drout causes
the water table to drop, leaving large sub surface voids that can
result in the ground collapsing.

These photos are of a sinkhole which occurr ed early this year in
Guatemala.
The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 23 people.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...Guatamala1.jpg

Officials blamed the monster of a hole on a ruptured sewage pipe
but geogelists know that such a hole can open up under anyones
home. Hector Andreas had just gotton out of bed when the floor
went out from under his home, leaving him stranded along the
existing wall with just enough floor to excape certain death.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...Guatamala2.jpg