Amazing collection

The last one is the most scary to me.

With the risk to be malicious, I thin you should mention Paris Hilton too.

great work

lol, glory hole

Did you know the hole’s only natural enemy is the pile?

Amazing!

Oh my.. these pics are sooo scary.. @_@

I can’t believe my ex wifes mouth is not on this list…

These are all amazing, but the hole that effected me the most was the big hole at Ground Zero.

Helicopters do not get “sucked into holes”. LOL.

The hole in Guatemala consumed a single domestic dwelling.

Jumping into the weir would result in your very dead, and very wet body coming out the bottom.

mobius, thanks for your input.

the hole in guatemala did not consume a ’single domestic dwelling’…

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html

i do also realise that diving into the glory hole would probably result in death. my sarcasm button broke.

I’ll be honest, I was expecting filth, although I was only slightly disappointed. Neat post.

A list of amazing holes and goatse is not included?!? This list is SO incomplete.

I drove to the bottom of Bingham mine. It’s a beast. My truck didn’t like it too much, nor my brakes.

I really like the great blue hole.

I have actually skated the glory hole. It is almost impossible without a boat. Was big though…

May i see your hole?

Cool list! Here’s the holes, plus a meteor crater on a Google Map:
http://maptrot.com/mapView.jsp?mapId=a0a236bc-c3e7-49d5-bc17-48b6255e3ae4

Lain kali pertimbangkan untuk menampilkan lubang memek ya.

Helicopters hovering over the ground push the air column between them and the ground to stay in the air. If you all of a sudden cross a huge hole the helicopter will drop if it does not increase the speed of the rotors accordingly. (BTW increasing the speed of the rotors to go from 0 to 500+ meters (1700 feet) is not an easy or quick task)

The Berkeley Pit isn’t on this list? It’s crazy big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit

Those of you think that these are the world’s biggest holes have obviously never been to Adelaide.

Sorry Mobius, but it is posible that an helicopter gets sucked into a hole, if it is big enough (read deep enough). That is because earth is hotter underground, and if you get deep enough, you get a “Termal Borehole”, when the diference in temperature causes a stream of hot air.
Now, when a helicopter enters such hot air stream, he no longer can sustain his altitude because he is adjusted to the colder air outside of stream, that is thicker then the hot air. The hellicopter is going to fall so long until the pilot adjusts the speed of the rotor to the hot air (if the hole is very deep, the air is to hot and the helicopter is going to fall before the helicopter achives enough power).
There is also a stream of colder air, that streams into such a hole, and again, if a hole is deep enough, that is a powerfull stream that easily slams a helicopter into ground or into the wall of the borehole.
I hope that I gave a good explanation for the hellicopter accidents, and I apologise for a bad english, I do not live in a english speaking area.

not the biggest but the deepest

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=567

lovely collection. Some massive holes there

simpsons did an imax movie of this

oh and did you know that the holes only natural enemy is the pile?

WOW!

I wonder where all that dirt went…

goatse?

MB.. Helicopters do not get their lift by pushing air between them and the ground or else helicopters would not be able to fly hundreds of feet in the air and everyone below the helicopters path on the ground would be blown around… Go study some physics about lift and flight…

Amazing really nic stuff here i have never seen all of them .

Interesting! I actually live in Guatemala, but I live far away from the big hole

Great job! Beautiful photography with a nice interplay of video. Text was friendly and readable. Thanks!!!

I know a lot of anus’s that should be on here. I like the post about the guy’s ex-wife. LMAO!

good work,

nice pictures, some of them are just plain scary!

What about the Lake Peigneur hole?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHol4ICeDoo

You forgot to put a picture of a vagina

Next week: The seven smallest holes in the world. They are together much smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.

It is not nearly as exciting as this week’s holes and you will not be able to see them. In fact they don’t really serve any purpose either but the are very very small.

Don’t miss it!!!!

GAH!!!

“Helicopters hovering over the ground push the air column between them and the ground to stay in the air.”

No, that’s not true. The “air column between them and the ground” only has relevance at low altitude, when the helicopter is hovering in what is called its “ground effect.” In that case, yes, there’s a “cushion” of air built up from the rotor downwash that provides some additional lift.

But that’s only at very low altitudes. Once you’re above that, no, there’s no “air column between them and the ground,” and the helicopter stays in the air the same way fixed-wing aircraft stay in the air: from the airflow over the wings. The only difference is that in a helicopter, the wings are rotating.

Disclaimer: I’m only a helicopter flight test engineer, not an aerodynamicist. This has been simplified for your protection.

i’ve been to belize and saw that hole and according to the locals the break in the wall of that hole was created by Jacques Cousteau so he could get his boat in there!!! Ruins my whole image of him!!

Great Wholes!

what ever happened to the goatse hole?

MB Helicopters don’t lift because they push against the ground. Most people think this at some stage in their life until they hear Newtons Third Law of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

So by creating downwards force they are moving at the same force upwards. It doesn’t matter if you are next to land or not.

Duski’s explanation for why helicopters fall into the hole sounds convincing.

i was expecting to see the goatse hole up there.

You forgot Goat CX lol

I think that just little people know about Red lake “Crveno jezero” in Imotski (Croatia). There were some explorations and they couldn’t find the end. They stopted at 300 m and there was more…

Naaa…..!!! Where is Cicciolina’s hole?

tres bon billet, interressant,….
MAIS QUEL FRANCAIS PARLEZ VOUS DONC ?!? on dirait, je sais pas moi, une traduction automatique….google

I thought Robin Quivers was the biggest hole…

MB - sorry - helicopters do NOT “compress the air between them and the ground” (unless flying in ground effect - which is like < 10 ft up) - they fly by LIFT - just like a regular airplane - a helicopter has a pair of LONG skinny WINGS called a rotor - and they spin and provide lift - which is why the technical term for a helicopter is a “rotary wing aircraft”

Funny that they’d put a no-fly zone around hole #1, which just happens to be situated right at the base of the runway to that airport (see third photo, apparently taken from airliners.net)…

bloody freaky

Fascinating, but I was disapponted that George W. Bush’s asshole wasn’t included.

great list…. just like the stuff you find at ListAfterList.com

You are missing Chuquicamata, a Copper mine in Chile, which is one of the biggest man made hole in Earth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuquicamata

This is some amazing stuff! It’s a shame I got here too late to make a snide comment about Paris Hilton!

OMG! Those are some tremendous holes… now if we can only get a picture of a black hole from the Hubble, we’ll have a complete set.

Wow, just looking at these terrifies me. Thanks.

“Helicopters hovering over the ground push the air column between them and the ground to stay in the air.” Wrong. Helicopters push air downwards, creating lift, whether there is ground beneath or not. The lift is generated at the blades, not by air bouncing off the ground and pushing the helicopter back up.

Think of a boat on a large lake, does the propeller push the water against the shore to create thrust? No. That is stilly. Same concept with helicopters.

O shit!
Pretty cool that it collapsed because the water, that is the most scary hole off these seven.
But the Great Blue Hole was also very scary.

you do realize Miss Cellania that there was no hole on this list at ground zero? been smoking anything recently?

I have been to the “Blue Hole” and found it teaming with fish…So beautiful!
Nice post…

Helicopters do not sustain their altitude via the support of a “column” of air just as a bird doesn’t while flying and just as you dont support yourself with a “column” of water while treading water. The rotors are constantly pulling air from above them and pushing it below them, and as we all know that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction,” the “pulling down” of air “pushes up” on the helicopter. Therefore, what is happening beneath the helicopter with regard to air availability is irrelevant to the helicopter sustaining flight since the air the helicopter is using to maintain altitude is always above it.

Your photo of the exit of the Glory Hole at Monticello Dam is wrong! The exit spillway is actually a 30′ wide pipe that skateboarders have known for years. Here’s a link to a photo which highlights the exit on the Dept. of Reclamation photo you used for the dam overview:

http://www.skatezoo.com/Gallery/GloHole2.jpg

Here’s a link to a picture from the INSIDE of the Glory Hole, looking out of the spillway into Putah Creek (yes, that’s really the name of the creek, you Spanish-speakers).

http://www.skatezoo.com/Gallery/Glory2.jpg

Joe Griego
Bishop, CA

“These are all amazing, but the hole that effected me the most was the big hole at Ground Zero.”

Really, the hole that affected (not Affected) was the one between George Bush’s ears. That hole where the war strategy was supposed to be cost my neighborhood 3 young men and now there’s a hole in all of our hearts.

BTW, someone needs to explain to you what a ‘glory hole’ actually is. Soon.

Where is GOATSE Hole?!

@MB:

“Helicopters hovering over the ground push the air column between them and the ground to stay in the air.”

What? The distance to the ground has no effect whatsoever on the mechanics of helicopter flight. The only element of any importance would be related to air pressure (altitude) and air movement (wind, jet streams, whatever).

There is a post here http://links.zigzo.com/2006/11/10/bingham-copper-mine-in-utah-usa/ where the author links to a google map of bingham. It is truly an amazing “human project”. I know my grandfather used to visit this mine in his younger days and to put it into perspective, i am 25 now. so this project has been going on for quite some time.

cool post in general though.

Goatse should have been included for the sheer magnitude of the joke. Not including it has deeply saddened me. Nice hole…

interesting

falta el muy extraordinario coño de la Bernarda.

what about the Berkeley Pit in Butte, MT? It is the largest superfund site in the country and is spreading poison everywhere

http://www.deq.state.mt.us/FedSuperfund/fssphotos.asp

Maybe someday you can add pictures from the bottom of the hole?

A great original post!

eurghhhhh that is dirrtttyyyy
aka dutty wine

these terrifies me!!!

Try the Kargoolie Super Pit in Western Australia:

http://www1.superpit.com.au/pages/photo.asp?thisPage=15&Keyword=#

Biggest open cut gold mine in Aus.

Popular Mechanics says anybody who says that helicopters don’t get sucked into holes is a conspiracy theorist… kinda makes you wonder about 9/11.

good to know about these holes

Amazing! The one for the divers seems very odd. But love all these. Very interesting. Seen the one in Kimberly myself.

nice collection but guess you missed the largest man made open pit mine “Chuquicamata” in the north of Chile

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=es&geocode=&q=chuquicamata,+chile&ie=UTF8&ll=-22.328482,-68.902388&spn=0.037078,0.05785&t=k&z=14&om=1

Good stuff! Nice blog

i have vertigo so i had to kinda sneak up on the pix. my dog has been digging a hole in our backyard that may, one day, rival those other holes (big dog)!

ppc management: good luck getting a picture of a black hole

Wow!

Wow..that sink hole is just amazing. I couldn’t imagine falling into something like that. And a diamond mine that sucks in helicopters, holy cow. I think is amazing some of the cities they have built around the holes.

Great collection!

dasdasdsadas

its looking good

amaizing

Buahaha teleexpress się załapał

Hi there

Amazing collection.
Have a look at so-called “Dark Pits” on Mars.

The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has confirmed that a dark pit seen on Mars in an earlier HiRISE image really is a vertical shaft that cuts through lava flow on the flank of the Arsia Mons volcano.

http://www.physorg.com/news107789000.html

it;s amaizing, i have no what to say

TELEIO!!!! (IN GREECE, THAT MEENS PERFECT…)

That’s a fine collection of holes you have put together. Thanks.

Nice pics.

Dude, you left out my ex girlfriend from the list.

Beatiful

Amazing collection!! Very nice post!

As a geology student and crazy about mines, caves, wholes and all kinds of openings in the surface of the planet I have to say this should be the 7 wonders of the world!

please, do not forget the Silvia Saint’s asshole!! Its 2 large!

Nice holes. The great blue hole and Guatemala sink hole look scary to me, like some worm monster gonna come out and eat you up at anytime. And about that heli being sucked into the crater is actually very true. If heli are hovering just above the hole, winds that gushes pass will create down force above the hole.

WOW! Those pictures are incredible! Nice Job.

those are amazing photos!!!

Pink or Brown?

how can a whole ’suck in’ helicopters?

Amazing.X

Wild - who’d a-thunk that holes would be so interesting?!?!?

amazin!nice job! my friend just added a link to this post in my blog and I’ve spent 30 minutes suggesting the link to others!

The authors have obviously never viewed my manager’s brain,
or rather the hole where said thinking device should be.

Wow!! I only found these through news letter I get from Innocent Smoothies! The sheer scale of these holes is absolutely breathtaking!! Wouldn’t fancy falling in though! lol

You forgot your asshole!

Anyone else disturbed that man would choose to dig these enormous holes, destroying the environment and earth for the sake of money? Im guessing probably not, which is why these holes exist.

I just love holes.

To quote Professor Firesign. “Just dig a hole deep enough and everyone will want to jump in…”

A lot of people are talking about a helicopter’s wings pushing down on the air and lifting the helicopter by reactive force. I am not qualified in aerodynamics, but I alwys thought that the lift off a plane’s wing (and the rotors of a helicopter) was from the negative pressure created *above* the wing, rather than pushing the air downwards. That said, I can see how flying across a large hole could cause a loss of lift. Warm air rising from the hole would be less dense than the surrounding air, and reduce the lift available to the rotors - a bit like the air bubbles in a jacuzzi mean you sink further into the water that you do in a swimming pool.

Great pics - thanks for putting it together.

Mine would have made the list if it weren’t for that damn prolapse!

Vcs não viram o nosso buraco do metro aqui em São paulo…

Now we just need a Sarlacc for one of these pits

WoW!!! Its is incredible!!

screw you fletcher

Amazing stuff!!

Wow, normally I thought to something else, when I heared “Amazing holes” but this is astonishing.

I’m a sports scuba diver and have to say that the atoll blue hole is the one that would freak me out the most. The idea of stepping off a shelf into 175m of pure “down we go” scares me a little. >:)

caramba, isso é que é um buracão.

Maybe that old saying”There is no gravity the earth sucks” is true,when a helicopter flies over it,down it does!! I agree with Fletchers comment on the 10th of September Adelaide is a hole!! When the Russians have finished digging they could use the empty hole as a giant barrel off a cannon to shoot satellites into space! But unfortunately they will probably fill it with the bodies of Chechnyans or” Enemies of the State” Such is life.

I want speak, who this is impressing, but all holes, will make for workers, mines and diamonds, cash and more cash so us!!!

fascinating stuff. there’s something beautiful about something so vast and absolute.

I think you did an excellent job putting this together, despite all the negative criticism you received, keep up the good work.

“…looks equally as cool…” Equally and as mean the same. Pick one.
But a really cool site.

awesome holes. been to bingham mine and it is huge. it swallowed a town that was nearby. but by their promotion video at the site, they seem to be trying to prevent the by-products from polluting the environment.

wooow!
it’s so fantastic! OMG!!
kiss

http://www.burzs.com/edit/arg.php?id=28594 biggest hole

Wat about reefton?

Nossa, muito interessante isso…

It would be awesome to jump in these holes.Either Bungie or Para.

Could not not mention it on my swedish blog! Amazing things we mankind have done…

Uf, a disclaimer of some sort. I didn’t say that a helicopter pushes air downwards and so creates a hovering efect. The physics here is rather complicated (some of you are corect with the diference in preasure) but, BEARDY PEARSON explained it great (quote: “A lot of people are talking about a helicopter’s wings pushing down on the air and lifting the helicopter by reactive force. I am not qualified in aerodynamics, but I alwys thought that the lift off a plane’s wing (and the rotors of a helicopter) was from the negative pressure created *above* the wing, rather than pushing the air downwards. That said, I can see how flying across a large hole could cause a loss of lift. Warm air rising from the hole would be less dense than the surrounding air, and reduce the lift available to the rotors - a bit like the air bubbles in a jacuzzi mean you sink further into the water that you do in a swimming pool.” end of quote) This is for the hot air. Considering the cold air, imagine that you are standing on a ~30cm broad board. There is not eaven a clue of wind. And sudently, there comes a strong wind. Normaly, such a broad board is enough for standing, bud so sudent blow of air knock’s you down, if you are not prepared.
If there is a physicist, please help with a explanation. I am to interested in details.

Uf, it is a MB critic. Ups, sorry I missunderstood the thing about the air column, thougt that you missunderstood me, but that was only MB ::-)

Pozz soce, šta ima

Thats a great set of pics. ;o)

Thanks for sharing them. :o)

Robsellen.com :o)

I would love to see the glory hole and the blue hole they look fantastic in the pictures to see them would be fantastic

Nice holes. I visited the one in the desert of chile. It’s a pretty sad place with lots of people working there - and they have a huge shopping mall - well thats all what they got - kind of like the nugget diggers - they had nothing but alcohol…

bye, Léonie.
http://www.paranoiaparadise.com

Nice try!! anyway my hole is deeper!

there is something evil in that blue hole.

bahut mast hai yaar … gr8 work

The glory hole’s exit seems to be not the one annotated. There’s another hole of more appropriate size on the left in picture 3.

Those are the coolest inverted pyramids I have ever seen!!!

I wish someone else would explain about the “cushion of air” to MB. I don’t think he quite understands.

landing at the diavik mine airport sounds cool

nice collection!

Wow!! I feel very educated about holes in the earth, which were kinda freaky…..and now I can say I know something about helicopters too. Fascinating. You guys have some good comments on here. Can you imagine…taking a nap in the middle of the day all chilled out an relaxed…then suddenly the ground breaks beneath you and you find yourself falling into a gigantic hole that eats your whole house….that’s just crazy!! What a way to go!

http://www.willa-holland.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=29428

http://sodesigns.com/powerofspirit/viewtopic.php?p=3395

this is mavelous and extravegent ,i cant believe it expecially the manmade and the carlifornia dam. hmm its too much for my eyes.and do well to publish my email if u wanna chat me.

Wow, how extraordinary. These holes are truly phenomenal…oh, and please can people note that the spelling is HOLES, not WHOLES, thankyou. The latter refers to something in its complete form. Quite interesting about the helicopters getting sucked in - a very thorough physics lesson there.

The sheer vastness and incredible size of the holes is quite awe-inspiring. Such an enormous natural feature belittles so much that man has created, and makes he himself feel small and insignificant - it makes one think very deeply (ha ha, deeply, get it? It’s a pun on holes coz they’re - y’know - deep, lol =)

Anways, brilliant collection, it made my day. I think i shall notify my friends of this site.

Your Mom’s Hole is not on here? Why not? You can see it on Google Earth…

18th hole ain’t shit.

I think these are amazing and it is fab that you have posted them here for us all to see. I wonder if those producing the manmade holes gave any thought to the long term effects this process has had on the earth as a living thing.

viva o BRASIL… \o/

wow those are some big holes

MIRNY DIAMOND MINE
VERY VERY AMAZING HOLES AND BEUTIFUL HOLES

Amazing collection.

sexy holes indeed….but r scary man..thankgod i don’t have 1 in my vicinity..

DVBFFGERT RN VBFFTRAE

Holey cow!

The cave of swallows in Mexico shouldve definitely been on this list.

Its 400 meters long and can fit the empire state building.

Hangliders jump into the cave for an underground base jumping experience.

What about the Berkeley Pit in Butte Montana!!! It’s at least as big as some of those, plus it features the famous “Auditor” - A dog who lived in the Mine

hmmm…..ugly ass open pit mines…woohoo…..hope the diamonds are worth it

The one that got to me is the one in the water the ships was going over and the one where if you jump in you would get out at the other end of the dam that was @.@

that’s why diamonds are expensive hah..

Magnificent article!

That news show TVP is Polish and the guy is saying that 2 people died, not 3. And yes, it was from the sewage pipe (according to the reporter). Just to let ya know.

I’ve been to the Binham Mine, impressive. At the time they told me that you could stack two Empire State Buildings on top of each other and the TV mast of the top one would just peek out over the rim. The haul trucks used to pull the ore out have a capacity of 180-200,000 tons. A typical highway tractor-trailer has a weight limit of 40 tons, of which roughly 15 tons are the truck itself. So these things pull as much as 8 tractor-trailers. The tires are 12 feet in diameter. In the early 1990’s (when I was there) a haul truck took 2 hours to reach the bottom of the pit. So, a haul truck driver’s day was: drive to the bottom, get a load of ore, drive to the top, dump the load, eat lunch, make one more round trip, punch out and go home.
The mine yields primarily copper, but some of the “impurities” are gold, silver and platinum. The mine & the adjacent smelter pay their overhead selling these “impurities” and the sale of the copper becomes pure profit.

Amazing collection of big holes, love em !

Did you know there is a big hole in N. Wales UK, that was once one of the biggest man made holes in the world, albeit 19th Century, dug with pick and shovel, which has been mined for at least 3500 years. Can anyone top that in terms of history ?

You can see the Parys Mountain Copper Mine on the below link Cheers.

http://y2u.co.uk/&002_Images/Parys_Mountain_01.htm

Amazing Collection of photographs. Keep it up. Cool Post

hehe…. he said wholes…. hehehe

Really enjoyed your blog, amazing pics

Thank you

Damn, a lot of those holes are in utah… my home state!!!

You missed the largest hole in the ground in continental Europe. You can see the open pit steel mines of Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog) Ukraine at Google Maps here.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=kimchu&sll=60.152442,95.449219&sspn=0.742253,2.570801&ie=UTF8&ll=47.839201,33.344536&spn=0.12513,0.32135&t=h&z=12&om=1

None of them are scary to me, just amazing!!!!! I love to look at big things, they make my head feel good.

These holes are verybig i think they’re really really amazing how big is the biggest one I wonder? as for the people saying the helicopter lives in the holes i do not think that it can do that…hello!!ohmygod!Losers

Those holes are cool. I’d like to make one.

not one vagina pic…

holes are daamn amazing

Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see that picture

Pretty cool collection of pics. Some of those are crazy. Think of all the man hours.

that is freaking awesome. they almost look cgi/photoshop

these r very cool,n really amazing pic.

There seems to be an instinctive fear of big holes in the ground. These ones terrify me. Next time, please only show half holes, OK?

thanks

Wow, they are incredible and also weird.

the pics are too coooooolllll!!!!!
amazing they are just unbelivable

I was floored by the photos. I was also floored by the complete IGNORANCE of a lot of the poster’s comments. They were uncalled for and you know who you are. You want to be a comedian then be one, somewhere else! Great pics

Daaaaaaaaiiimmmmmmnnnnn!! WOW! I’ve always had this amazement towards huge holes that seem bottomless and are like a mile in diameter or something!! :O Especially if one forms in the middle of the pacific ocean or something!! WOWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone else think I’m weird?? o_O

wooooooooow

amazing

Thats Beautiful!!!

i have trypophobia
stumble sent me hear

i cry

I grew up in Woodland, California, 10 miles from the Glory Hole at Monticello Dam. The giant pipe turns 90 degrees, then discharges at the base of the dam, obscured by the cliffs in the photo. The jet of water seen in the photo is from the hydroelectric generator. We used to skateboard in the horizontal portion of the pipe, as it is rare that water is acutally spilling through. Putah creek is also a premier fly-fishing stream. Great to see a home-town landmark in the collection.

Wow, I never knew that was near woodland and I have been through there hundreds of times,
Bill in San Jose, CA

Amazing.. Just Amazing.

Well… I’m waiting for a final resolution of the helicopter flying over large a hole. Where are the physisists and aerodynamisists when you need them. Just like cops, never around when you need them.

Interesting group of photos Nice.

weird holes. I guess they are kind of cool.

Oh these are such beautiful sights.I would love go watching any of these.

really nice pictures

I’m not a land engineer and I never knew the largest hole in the world was in california either. I was just watching the city council on t.v about the water shortage. Do you think this hole might one reason for it being so bad? Competing? Any land mine holes should be filled, before they let people live over them. I sure wouldn’t want to live over an earth hole. Whatever that is anyways.

Awesome!

Really cool. I think a good addition should be the open mine at Cullinan, South Africa in itself a pretty impressive hole.

Those are GOT creation… Lovely arts to me.

i think that the water hole in califoriais so cool!

i could die if i fell in one of these

wow nice collection of holes. very interesting. never knew diamond mines looked like that. always though of them being like the one in the simpsons with the monkeys slaves

I was amazed by the water holes. I never knew that water took such a huge part in the world.

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! wow! i know it sounds cliche but im speechless otherwise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the blue hole looks creepy but awsome! nice work!

I am from Salt Lake City, Utah, and the picture of the Bingham mine doesn’t quite do it justice. You do not realize how large it actually is until you’ve actually been there, it’s really quite amazing. Nice list, by the way.

I agree with the aeronautics engineer/copter pilot about the lift principles of ahelicpter.
He DID say the the so-called “column of air” exists at very low altitudes and would afford some cushion lift. This implies that the rotors could rotate at lower speeds.
In that state, a sudden drop of the ground could cause the copters to fall accordingly, and recovery of altitude would not be easy since the rotors “wind up” slowly.
Aside from the technical aspect, the loss of copters over a mammoth hole needs more explanation.

What kind of approach did they make? What speed? - Did they hover attempt hovering too soon?
And ultimately, what skill level did the pilots have?
There are other questions, but recovery of the copters could explain some of them.
There will always be a pilot who will try this stunt. Maybe a survivor can explain the mystery.

It’s a great website and I enjoyed the images greatly -and Yes, there IS a picture of a Black Hole.(Refer to April 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine.)

The SnatchHole is great too. It gets warmer the deeper you go in. I’ve been there a few times and it’ll make you just want to keep coming.

Looks like a job for the cave clan!

Wow! Great blog! I came from another that obviously copied from this one! Much better and very interesting I must add!
There is also a huge man made whole in the Lead/Deadwood area in South Dakota! FYI

Don’t worry,duski, there are people who DO live in an English-speaking country with worse spelling and grammar than you!great listing of holes!Some of the sarcastic comments sound like they are from __holes.Give others a break!

Very very nice (scary sometimes) pics

This is hell of a collection.Man i want to go to these places.These are such awesome sights.

What great pictures!! Too bad there are so many imbecils who have to post crude comments. They are the ones who can’t see the beauty of our world.

very excellent!
send me such type of amazing photos every day.
plez……….
thax…