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	Holy Cow
AtlLiberal
10-6-2007 5:29 PM
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geology, earth, mines, holes, nature
AtlLiberal says:
As a paddler some of these photos scare the hell out of me!
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10-7-2007 7:10 PM
bostonblogger
wow ... very cool pics
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/eb5755d1-d72c-4701-bbb3-8bf47e78a1b7/4A7C0C6C-F308-4325-A5D9-E10F1DD494CC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/" href="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/" style="font-size: 11px;">lumq.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><H1>The biggest Earth Holes</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><P><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_09.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="254" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_09.jpg" /></A><SPAN id="more-299"></SPAN><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_04.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="295" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_04.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_07.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="224" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_07.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_05.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="277" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_05.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_06.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="284" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_06.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_10.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="305" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_10.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_08.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="339" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_08.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_01.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="300" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_01.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_02.jpg"><IMG width="355" height="400" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_02.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Monticello_Dam_03.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="269" title="Monticello Dam" alt="Monticello Dam" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Monticello_Dam_03.jpg" /></A>
Monticello Dam was constructed between 1953 and 1957. The dam is a medium concrete-arch dam with a structural height of 304 ft (93 m) and a crest length of 1023 ft (312 m). It contains 326,000 cubic yards (249,000 m?) of concrete. Napa County, California, United States.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><P><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_2.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_2.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_3.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_3.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_4.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_4.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_5.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_5.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_6.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_6.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Guatemala_1.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="263" title="Guatemala Hole" alt="Guatemala Hole" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Guatemala_1.jpg" /></A>
Guatemala city - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><P><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Mir_Mine_4.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="350" title="Mir Mine" alt="Mir Mine" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Mir_Mine_4.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Mir_Mine_2.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="300" title="Mir Mine" alt="Mir Mine" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Mir_Mine_2.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Mir_Mine_3.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="300" title="Mir Mine" alt="Mir Mine" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Mir_Mine_3.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Mir_Mine_5.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="300" title="Mir Mine" alt="Mir Mine" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Mir_Mine_5.jpg" /></A><A href="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/Mir_Mine_1.jpg"><IMG width="400" height="300" title="Mir Mine" alt="Mir Mine" src="http://lumq.com/wp-content/images/holes/_Mir_Mine_1.jpg" /></A>
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Kimberley is famous for the Big Hole, which is often called the worlds deepest man made hole. Kimberley is the place where diamonds are found. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lumq.com/img/781706EE-3132-4418-937C-3B7A42097663" alt="Diavik Diamond Mine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lumq.com/img/4C82E55A-5C93-442D-A39A-5C79D2FBF869" alt="Diavik Diamond Mine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lumq.com/img/CBC68454-7122-42E0-998E-D8C5E2F6F3BC" alt="Great Blue Hole" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lumq.com/09/the_biggest_earth_holes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lumq.com/img/700528AF-687D-44F1-91F2-E7674CAA5866" alt="Great Blue Hole" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4A7C0C6C-F308-4325-A5D9-E10F1DD494CC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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