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Scientists have now launched an investigation into a giant crater that suddenly appeared in a remote part of Siberia.
"That hole is 260 feet wide, and nobody knows exactly how deep that thing is. It just goes down and down and down, and it's a dark hole." (Via Fox News)
"It's still a mystery as to what caused it." (Via MSNBC)
"Russian scientists will arrive today to try to determine what caused the hole." (Via The Weather Channel)
Even stranger — the area of Russia where this crater is said to have formed is ominously called "the end of earth." (Via YouTube / Bulka)
This new footage from a local television station shows the expedition team and the first close-up look inside the crater. Russian scientists, along with members of the country's Emergencies Ministry, gathered soil and water samples for testing. (Via Ямал Регион)
But while we wait for the team to finish its investigation, speculation about what may have caused the hole is all over the Web.
Perhaps the most popular and believable Internet theory is that a large meteor — similar to the one that flattened a Siberian forest in 1908 — struck the remote area. (Via CBS)
This idea certainly isn't that far-fetched given recent large meteor strikes in Russia and the physical nature of the newly discovered hole. (Via BBC)
But according to RT, a spokesperson from the Emergencies Ministry ruled out that theory but didn't explain why.
As to be expected, when unexplainable things appear on our planet's surface, people jump to the conclusion that a UFO landed, crashed, drilled or exploded out of the earth.
But the Siberian Times explains, "Experts are confident that a scientific explanation will be found for it and that it is not ... evidence 'of the arrival of a UFO craft' to the planet."
Even scientists can't agree on a single probable reason for this massive crater.
One Australian scientist told The Sydney Morning Herald it's a "pingo." It's a geological phenomenon caused when "a block of ice [grows] 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."
But a Russian researcher in Siberia tells NBC the region is "rich in natural gas, and a pocket of this combined with water and salt could have produced quite a large explosion if the permafrost were punctured by climate-change-induced thaw."
It's possible scientists may never figure out what caused the hole.
This crater found in Siberia more than 60 years ago is still puzzling researchers, who have not been able to give a definitive statement on its origin. (Via NTV Russia)
Although the latest crater was discovered just recently, researchers say the permafrost surrounding it indicates it could be several years old.
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Clearly it was created by a enigmatic businessman attempting to drill down to an alien pyramid hidden under the ice. Give it a day before the scientists are duking it out with xenomorphs. =P
whembly wrote: Maybe the results of an old Soviet weapon?
The Mole™?
Thunderbirds are go!
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
What is it with scientists and playing with holes? Black holes, holes in the ozone layer, seems like you mention a hole and scientists come running from every where to get their grubby mitts in.....oh wait dad's a scientist...it all makes sense now.
Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
clearly it's the entrance to the first dungeon of diablo. Cue the music!
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