Mother Russia has a big hole

[UncleWai]

http://www.usmra.com/photos/bigpit/

 

[nycxandy]

WTF...

 

[RedArmy]

I'd hit it.

 

[UncleWai]

You get a hole this big by drilling it, nonstop.....

 

[clickynext]

Wow, never seen one so close to a town...

 

[Corporate Thug]

someone google map it

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
You get a hole this big by drilling it, nonstop.....

[snicker]

 

[wazzledoozle]

I want to jump into it with a paraglider

 

[Kilgor]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
You get a hole this big by drilling it, nonstop.....

I'll just keep my mouth shut for fear of getting banned.

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
someone google map it

GoogleMap doesn't show it, but GoogleEarth at least shows a little psychedelic haze.

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[beemercer]

Wow.

 

[George P Burdell]

Old

 

[mwmorph]

Is that natural or from mining activity?What causes that to form?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Why do they have that there?

 

[Kilgor]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Why do they have that there?

It's a pit mine, thats where the stuff to mine is.

 

[santz]

two words
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[Firsttime]

Wow, it does indeed have a rather large hole.

On a slightly different note, wouldn't it be fun to take one of those dumptrucks on an urban rampage?

 

[Queasy]

Kind of puts this Stewie quote to shame (to one of the prostitutes at Cleveland's house): "So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"

 

[HardcoreRobot]

awesome

 

[daveshel]

There are two holes of that scale in Bisbee, Arizona.

Here's one.

 

[fleshconsumed]

That's diamond mine. Or at least it was, I believe they've closed it down.

 

[Sqube]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
http://www.usmra.com/photos/bigpit/

Welcome to the internet.

It is amazing though, from the standpoint of sheer determination.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: daveshel
There are two holes of that scale in Bisbee, Arizona.

Here's one.]

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If you look at one side of the Lavender Pit mine you can actually see where they dug into some of the Copper Queen mine's tunnel system. It it hard to really grasp the size of these holes unless you are standing right on the edge.

The ASARCO mine south of Tucson also offers tours of their Mission Mine which are pretty neat.

 

[K1052]

dp

 

[igowerf]

So.... where did all the dirt go?