The town of Daisetta, Texas sits happily upon a salt dome. Unfortunately, this means that it is at risk for sinkhole formation. In 2008, a sinkhole opened up and swallowed some construction equipment and part of a facility.
November, 2006
March, 2010
It eventually filled in with water and formed a gross looking lake.
You can find it yourself on Google Earth using these coords: 30°07'15.19"N 94°38'51.26"W
Check back next week to see a neighborhood that sank underwater!
Bonus Picture!!!
I was looking at Google Mars (a feature of Google Earth) and saw this nifty looking landscape:
Bonus Picture!!!
I was looking at Google Mars (a feature of Google Earth) and saw this nifty looking landscape:
Pretty cool, eh?
This blog was so inspiring that I wanted to let you know that I searched for another sink hole around the world
ReplyDeletehttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100604-sinkhole-pictures-
around-the-world-guatemala-city/
and might make our next blog on sink holes. (: