Showing posts with label sink hole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sink hole. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Sinkholes. Ooh.

"Sinkholes form in places where the underlying ground layer consists of limestone, salt beds or other soluble rock, which dissolves in water. Groundwater coursing beneath the surface eats away at the rock, slowly eroding and destabilizing it. Often, new underground caves are created, which then collapse in catastrophic scenes like this one."



Article about this sinkhole in Guatemala here.