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| |  The Eight Deepest Holes in the World!
8 Amazing Holes!
These holes are not only amazing, but some of them
are really terrifying - especially #8! 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 tons of diamonds before
being closed in 1914.
The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to
total 22.5 million tons.
2. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California
A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and
water needs to be drained from the reservoir.
This is the 'Glory Hole' at Monticello dam,
and it's the largest in the world of this type
of spillway, its size enabling it to consume
14,400 cubic feet of water every second.
The hole can be seen at the top left of the photo above.
If you were to jump in for some reason, your body would
shoot out near the bottom of the dam (below). There is
one person known to have had this experience. She did
not live to tell of it.
3. Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah
This is supposedly the largest man-made
excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863
and still continues today, the pit increasing in
size constantly. In its current state the hole
is ¾ miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.
4. Great Blue Hole, Belize
This incredible geographical phenomenon known as a
blue hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize.
There are numerous blue holes around the world,
but none as stunning as this one.
At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is ¼
mile wide, and the depth in the middle reaches 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 mines in the world. At 525 meters
deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters, there's
even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few
helicopters having been sucked in.
The red arrow in the photo above is pointing
to a huge truck.
6. Diavik Mine, Canada
This incredible mine can be found 300km
northeast of Yellowknife in Canada.
The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it has its own
airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737.
It looks equally cool when the surrounding water is frozen.
7. Sinkhole in Guatemala
A sinkhole is caused when water,
usually rainwater or sewage, is
soaked up by the earth on a large
scale, resulting in the ground
collapsing the surface.
These photos are of a sinkhole that occurred
early this year in Guatemala. The hole swallowed
a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people.
Officials blamed the monster of a hole on a
ruptured sewage pipe.
And the really terrifying one?#8
This is the famous 'Rat Hole' that you have heard about.
It is capable of swallowing trillions and trillions of U.S.
dollars... Annually! Never to be heard from again.
It makes me tremble & shiver!
PS: Have you started on your taxes yet?
It's feeding time this month.
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| | My wife's purse should be in the list. Seriously, I have tried to find things in that leather clad black hole and it is SCARY! Oddly she can find anything in an instant....like quickdraw! 
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| | | Is the top one full of water, or is it just a big, gaping hole?
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| | | Cool Stuff ... I was kind of disapointed when I got to the last one and it was a joke ... I was expecting something super cool .... lol.
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Originally Posted by ANT  Cool Stuff ... I was kind of disapointed when I got to the last one and it was a joke ... I was expecting something super cool .... lol. | Yeah same here 
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| | | Sorry to disappoint, Gents.
I rarely, and I mean rarely read fwds, but my dad sent it in an email. I just thought it was funny because number 8 was so unexpected. |
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I didn't see the Washinton joke coming either!
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Originally Posted by ANT Cool Stuff ... I was kind of disapointed when I got to the last one and it was a joke ... I was expecting something super cool .... lol. | Holly - I want me pee, but I guess I'll just have me toast... | 
The short crimson one never fails to disappoint...
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| | | The sink hole is really scary stuff. |
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| | | I thought for sure the list was going to include some holes I've dug myself into with my big mouth.
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Originally Posted by Semper Fidelis I thought for sure the list was going to include some holes I've dug myself into with my big mouth. |
Been there dug that.
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| | Awesome pics though! =D
P.S. You are a silly mongoose
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| | Josh...not only was that not funny....but it made me angry.
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| | | I too was expecting something awesome...but I am glad the tax reminder was on the end; I gotta send off that check.
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| | Miss Edmund,
I can't take the credit for this one. It was in an email I got. But I rarely read forwards, and if I do, I even more rarely send them on. This was really good, though.
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Originally Posted by Bladestunner316 The sink hole is really scary stuff. | It is kinda creepy huh? |
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| | | That first one is scarey. Looks like the big hole that the Millenium Falcon flew into, and it turned out to be the mouth of a giant beast.
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