Amazing Holes. No Dirty Thought Please!!

8 Amazing Holes!

I receive an email from a friend about eight greatest holes in the world. So I made an internet search for the holes for more references. I am sharing the holes. No dirty thoughts, OK!!

These holes are not only amazing, but some of them are really terrifying - especially #8! The sheer scale of these holes reminds you of just how tiny you are.

1. GLORY HOLE, Monticello Dam, California

No this is not the ones found on toilet walls. (Click picture to see more)

This is the 'Glory Hole' at Monticello dam, and it's the largest in the world of this type of spillway, its size enabling it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every second.

A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir.

If you were to jump in for some reason, your body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam. There is one person known to have had this experience. She did not live to tell her experience.

2. KIMBERLY BIG HOLE, South Africa.

Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914.

The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to total 22.5 million tons.

3. Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is ¾ miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.


4. Great Blue Hole, Belize

Like a giant pupil in a sea of turquoise, The Blue Hole is a perfectly circular limestone sinkhole more than 300 feet across and 412 feet deep. The array of bizarre stalactites and limestone formations which mould its walls seem to become more intricate and intense the deeper one dives. Near to The Blue Hole, one of Belize's largest protected areas, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, encompasses 10,000 acres of the atoll and 15 square miles of surrounding waters.

This incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize.There are numerous blue holes around the world,but none as stunning as this one..

At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is ¼ mile wide, and the depth in the middle reaches 145 meters. Obviously the hole is a huge hit with divers.

5. Mirny Diamond Mine, Serbia I'm pretty sure most people have seen this one. It's an absolute beast and holds the title of largest open diamond mines in the world.. At 525 meters deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters, there's even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters having been sucked in. The red arrow in the photo above is pointing to a huge truck. 6. Diavik Mine, Canada This incredible mine can be found 300km northeast of Yellowknife in Canada.. The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. It looks equally cool when the surrounding water is frozen. Click on Photo for MORE. 7. Sinkhole in Guatemala A sinkhole is caused when water, usually rainwater or sewage, is soaked up by the earth on a large scale, resulting in the ground collapsing the surface. These photos are of a sinkhole that occurred early this year in Guatemala. The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people. Officials blamed the monster of a hole on a ruptured sewage pipe. More pictures HERE. And the really terrifying one?

This is the famous 'Rat Hole' that you have heard about. It is capable of swallowing millions of dollars... Annually! Never to be heard from again. It makes me tremble & shiver!

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