Amazing Hole In Earth
When we think of holes, most of us think of digging a hole to plant a flower, drilling a hole to finish a construction project, or even hitting a hole in one at the next golf outing. But These holes are so large it would be hard to believe they were real if you were able to see them. In man's search of mineral wealth, many enormous holes have been dug. Occasionally nature produces some holes. Here a list of few spectacular nature and man made hole on the face of earth.
1.Great Blue Sea-Hole - Belize
The Great Blue Hole is located in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, about 60 miles away from Belize City. It is about 125 meters deep and its diameter is about 300 meters wide. It has been created as a cause of sea level increase about 65,000 years ago. This place is most attractive for scuba divers who are exploring the depths of this hole. It is known that there are a plenty of cave networks in this place. Divers are also attracted with plenty of rare animal species and forms of life which can be found only in this place.Its almost perfect circular shape made it very popular among tourists who often visit this place.
2. The Door To Hell - Turkmenistan
The Darvaza gas crater or “ The Door to Hell ” is a 60 meters wide and 20 meters deep hole in the heart of the hot, expansive Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, that has been on on fire for the last 38 years. But the hole is not of a natural origin. The large crater is a result of a Soviet gas exploration accident that occurred in 1971.The Darvaza area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, the Soviets accidentally tapped into a massive underground natural gas cavern, causing the ground to collapse and the entire drilling rig to fall in. To prevent escape of poisonous gas into the atmosphere, the geologists decided to light it on fire. They had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but as it turns out, the supply of natural gas below the crater is near infinite as the crater’s been burning since.
3.Monticello Dam - California
Monticello Dam located at Lake Berryessa in Northern California constructed between 1953 and 1957, this drain acts as the lake's spillway and locally it is known as the Morning Glory Spillway, somewhat more colorfully, known as "The Glory Hole." When the dam reaches capacity, the spillway swallows water at a rate of 48,800 cubic feet per second, emptying about 700 feet away through an enormous concrete pipe. It is Not a safe place to swim. The outside diameter of the spillway is 72 feet, slowly narrowing to 28 feet at the exit. While this is the largest drain of its kind, there are other Glory Hole spillways around the world, including one in Whiskeytown Lake, and in Northern California. You can see the Glory Hole from the lake, but it is cordoned off from boaters and swimmers for safety reasons.
4. Sink Hole - Guatemala
In 2007, a 300 foot deep sinkhole is formed in Guatemala swallowing dozens of houses and killing many people and causing thousands to be evacuated. A sinkhole is a natural depression caused by the removal of underground soil by water. Usually, it happens when the substrate is formed by limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds or any other rock that is easily eroded by water streams.
5. Kimberley Diamond Mine - South Africa
Kimberley was located in South Africa, the largest and has a wonderful privilege.The hole is so large and filled beautiful blue water thus it is visible from space and locally It is Also known as the “Big Hole.” In 1866, Erasmus Jacobs found a small pebble on the banks of the River Brilliant Orange. That was the beginning of the discovery of diamond mining area in Kimberly.Also Kimberley is an attractive tourist place. Visitors were the resource persons treated to a film with 17-minute duration of the location and history of diamond mining in Africa.
6. Bingham Canyon Mine - Utah
Built in 1904 the mine is located in Utah, United States of America The owned by Rio Tinto, Copper is the most abundant mineral available here.The mine is also Visible from outer space and also known as the Kennecott Copper mine, the Bingham Canyon Mine is the deepest open-pit mine in the world today. First discovered by Mormon pioneers in the mid-1800s, its over 1.2 km deep, 2.5 miles wide and covers 7.7 km². Surprisingly, despite having begun production in 1904, the mine is under expansion and is expected to produce until 2030
7. Mirny Diamond Mine - Siberia
The Mirny Diamond Mine is located in Eastern Siberia near a small town known as Mirna in 1957. Currently the mine is second largest man-made pit in the world.The hole is so wide and so deep it is believed to cause a suction effect, which has caused several aircraft accidents in the area. The Mirny Diamond Mine is now considered a no fly zone. The mine can produce on averaged 10 million carats a year until it closed in 2011.
Near the end of the mine's use it took vehicles over 2 hours to drive from the bottom of the mine up to the surface
8. Chuquicamata - Chile
Chuquicamata is Located 15 km north of Calama , and 245 km from Antofagasta in the II Region of Antofagasta , Chile . Considered the world's largest in its kind and is the largest producer of copper in Chile. Chuquicamata is administered by the state company , Codelco . The mine is elliptical in shape , with an area of about 800m has and about 1,250 m deep. Copper production began in 1915 and until 2007
9. Diavik Mine - Canada
the Diavik diamond mine located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, it is impressive and amazing diamond mine in world. Producing 8 million carats annually the site began production in 2003 and is expecting to continue for atleast 15-20 years, if not longer. The mine's most remarkable feature is its location, on an island in the middle of Lac de Gras. Diavik's location leads to an amazing metamorphosis from crystal blue tranquility in summer to a frozen desert in winter. Diavik is accessible by a seasonal winter road for only two months of the year – the winter road is built primarily on frozen lakes and stretches 375km north from Yellowknife. Outside of that two month window Diavik can only be reached by air.
10. Udachnaya Pipe - Russia
The Udachnaya Pipe is a diamond mine in Russia. The owners of the mine plan to cease its operations in 2010 – in favor of underground mining. The mine was discovered in 1955 and is over 600 meters deep.