Giant hole appears in Siberia...

[trish]

Was it Trish who posted the mine picture?

Take a look around 0:27 on the video.

Obvious tunnels are obvious.

'Twas I. Yeah, I took a second look. A large tunnel or cave branches off from the hole. I was thinking the hole is probably just one of the many mines that pocket the face of Russia. But that's not consistent with the mound of debris circling the hole's rim. Could be the permafrost warmed, released natural gas and a pocket of the accumulated gas ignited. ???

I'd hit it!

Whatever makes Godzilla happy.

[Tapatio]

And now

[bimale69]

World's biggest bunghole? (Does Beavis & Butthead imitation)hehehehe

[maaarc]

that's not hole this is a giant hole. sorry, couldn't resist

[blueeyeboy]

Worrying times in Siberia.

[giovanni_hotel]

Fracking for natural gas = sinkholes.

In this case a really big one.

[Falling]

It's obviously Cthulu's return... jeez read ah book!

[trish]

Still other possibilities

http://nyti.ms/1nnq2uN

http://www.smh.com.au/world/opinions...716-ztqvi.html

A pingo is a block of ice that’s grown into a small hill in the frozen arctic ground. The ice can eventually push through the earth and when it melts away it leaves an exposed crater. Dr Fogwill says the permafrost [frozen earth] can be hundreds of metres thick, allowing for large ice features.

[NightmareX0666]

Looks like there are a couple of more holes found in Siberia...
http://news.yahoo.com/more-mysteriou...170903778.html

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two more craters of unknown origin have been spotted in Russia's Siberia region, weeks after a similar-looking hole was found in the isolated northernmost area, a local paper reported.

The Siberian Times, an English-language newspaper, published pictures of two new giant holes discovered by reindeer herders, one located in the Yamal and the other in the Taymyr peninsula, both above the Arctic circle.

The paper said that theories of their origin range from meteorites or stray missiles to aliens or an underground gas explosion. The report could not be confirmed independently.

Russian state TV reported earlier this month that a giant hole had appeared in the gas-rich Yamal peninsula where temperatures plummet below -50 degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) and the sun barely rises in winter.

A Russian scientific expedition arrived at the site to inspect the first crater, nicknamed the "Yamal black hole", earlier this month, according to a recent report by state-run Vesti.ru website.

Yamal, inhabited by indigenous reindeer herders, is one of Russia's richest regions in natural gas.

A meteorite, which weighed about 10 metric tonnes, hit central Russia last year, injuring more than 1,000 people.

Experts drew comparisons with an incident in 1908, when a meteorite is thought to have devastated an area of more than 2,000 sq km (772 square miles) in Siberia, breaking windows as far as 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the point of impact.

(This version of the story corrects conversion in paragraph 8 of 2,000 sq km to 772 square miles (not 1,250 miles))

(Reporting By Alexei Anishchuk; Editing by Susan Fenton)

[jamesedwards]

who's asshole is that?