Giant crater in Russia's far north sparks mystery

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The giant hole in the remote energy-rich Yamalo-Nenetsky region first came to light in a video uploaded to YouTube that has since been viewed more than 7 million times.


A screenshot of the crater from the YouTube video.

A vast crater discovered in a remote region of Siberia known to locals as "the end of the world" is causing a sensation in Russia, with a group of scientists being sent to investigate.

The giant hole in the remote energy-rich Yamalo-Nenetsky region first came to light in a video uploaded to YouTube that has since been viewed more than 7 million times.

"The crater is enormous in size – you could fly down into it in several Mi-8s (helicopters) without being afraid of hitting anything," the person who posted the video, named only as Bulka, wrote.

[minerpumpkin]

Why do all those things have to be in Russia? I mean they have that Kora borehole (A hole so deep, it supposedly reached hell) and they had the Tunguska event. Oh and they had the Tsar Bomb, which resulted in the biggest man-made explosion. Oh I almost forgot about that freak meteor 2 years ago!

[Mikez]

Why do all those things have to be in Russia?

Why does everything have to happen in America?*

*In reference to close to all scifi movie plots.

[Lethn]

Why do all those things have to be in Russia?

Why does everything have to happen in America?*

*In reference to close to all scifi movie plots.

That is fucking annoying that said, you go to any country where a movie is made etc. they'll often have the whole setting revolve around their country, Japan is just as guilty of this with... Well, a huge percentage of anime

[manfred]

Any new info about what caused it. I dont believe the explosion story. There would have to be a lot more material lying about in the surrounding landscape and next to the hole not just the little pile. If that is 70 meter deep and a diameter of 30 there should be about 46 000 m³ of dirt and rocks lying in the field, there is none.

[Shattered]

I wonder where it leads to. If there is hell it should be somewhere in there

Not sure where it leads to, but can we send Sarah Palin to find out?

Seriously tho, this is pretty crazy.

[u9y42]

Why do all those things have to be in Russia? I mean they have that Kora borehole (A hole so deep, it supposedly reached hell) and they had the Tunguska event. Oh and they had the Tsar Bomb, which resulted in the biggest man-made explosion. Oh I almost forgot about that freak meteor 2 years ago!

Well, looking at the map, they have a huge land area - so it seems natural that a lot of stuff is going to end up happening there.

And considering a lot of it is sparsely inhabited, what else remains to be found there?

[Gleb Gamow]

Any new info about what caused it. I dont believe the explosion story. There would have to be a lot more material lying about in the surrounding landscape and next to the hole not just the little pile. If that is 70 meter deep and a diameter of 30 there should be about 46 000 m³ of dirt and rocks lying in the field, there is none.

And, nary a seismic reading.

[manfred]

yeh, no seismic reading, apparently its a sinkhole like the on in Guatemala #5 in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSp-sVguGjY

[DrG]

Why do all those things have to be in Russia?

Why does everything have to happen in America?*

*In reference to close to all scifi movie plots.

I'm pretty sure Chupacabra and Godzilla are not American - otherwise they would be much fatter and would watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians instead of terrorizing.