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  • Sarisarinama ~ Rio Lulaba, Venezuela

    • 15 Dec 2011
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    "Besides being one of the most remote locations in all of Venezuela, Sarisarinama is one of the most bizarre landscapes in the world. High in the clouds on a tepui, or tabletop mountain, are four giant sinkholes, each a near-perfect circle, cutting through the foliage-covered mountain.

    The largest of the sinkholes is 1150 feet wide and 1000 feet deep. Although the other three well-known holes are not quite as large, they are equally impressive, and drop off in the midst of the primeval forest on top of the tepui. Adding to the mystery of the place is the the local legend that gave the tepui its name. According to natives to the area, a flesh-eating evil spirit lived on the mountain, who made the sound Sari Sari when he was consuming human meat."

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  • Cave of Swallows - Sótano de las Golondrinas

    • 22 Sep 2011
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    "The Cave of Swallows, also called Cave of the Swallows (Spanish: Sótano de las Golondrinas), is an open air pit cave in the Municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst, is 160 by 205 feet wide and is undercut around all its perimeter, further widening to a room approximately 995 feet by 440 feet ) wide. The floor of the cave is a 1,094-foot freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 1,220-footdrop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest in the world."

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  • What's That Under Your Bed ?

    • 5 Aug 2011
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    An elderly Guatemalan woman found a 40-foot-deep sinkhole under her bed.

    Inocenta Hernandez heard a loud boom that she thought was a neighbor's gas canister exploding.

    After searching her house, she found a sinkhole — about 40 feet deep and 32 inches in diameter — under her bed

    via globalpost.com

     

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