In pictures: sinkholes, craters and collapsed roads around the world
Some 66 feet (20 metres) across, and between 100 feet (30 metres) and 200 feet (60 metres) deep, the almost perfectly circular sinkhole that opened up suddenly May 30 in Guatemala City, developed after Tropical Storm Agatha...2010年5月30日危地馬拉城
...It is not yet known what caused the sinkhole to appear so suddenly. Some suggest that this sinkhole and another huge one that appeared two kilometres away in 2007 were created by Guatemala City's leaking sewer system2007年危地馬拉城
After the picture of the sinkhole in Guatemala appeared, the Chinese internet was abuzz with reports of large numbers of the eerily circular formations suddenly appearing across China. "Closer and closer to 2012" warned one commenter on the Netease platform. "Do aliens come out of these holes?," questioned another. One commenter asked: "Why are the holes so round? Even humans can't make it this round. Why is there such frequency and intensity? Why aren't there any reasonable explanations?" In this picture, workers inspect a sinkhole in a street in Beijing in February 20102010年2月北京
A road suddenly sank in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, in August 2009, causing one taxi and three motorbikes to fall into the hole2009年8月中國安徽省合肥市
In May 2009, the road suddenly caved in on a zebra crossing in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. Fortunately nobody was hurt2009年5月中國江蘇省南京
In June 2009, a lorry carrying a load of sand fell into a hole that opened up in a road in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China2009年6月中國湖北省武漢市
Cliff divers leap into the cenote or sinkhole during training in the lead up round two of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving world series at the Cenote Ik Kil, near Chichen Itza in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Cenotes are usually formed by collapsing cave systems. The Zacaton cenote in the Yucatan peninsula is the largest water-filled sinkhole in the world with a total depth of 335 metres (1,099 ft)墨西哥尤卡坦半島奇琴伊察益吉天然壁
The largest underwater sinkhole is The Great Blue Hole, a popular diving site, at Lighthouse Reef, Belize, in the Caribbean. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 metres (984 ft) across and 125 metres (410 ft) deep, and was created when a limestone cave's roof collapsed加勒比地區伯利茲燈塔礁
A house in Barry Road, near the Martha Gold Mining company offices, lies in a huge hole measuring 50 metres wide and 15 metres deep, in the small town of Waihi, on the North Island of New Zealand, in December 2001. A family of five, including three young children, escaped serious injury despite their home crashing in a chasm created by an old mine shaft collapsing in the middle of the night2001年12月新西蘭北島小城鎮威希
A huge crater at the collapsed Pinheiros subway station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2007. The giant sinkhole that opened at a construction site in South America's biggest city. A passenger minivan fell to the bottom of a 40-metre (130-foot) deep pit dug to facilitate delivery of supplies for workers building an underground railway line. The lip of the hole gave way to a landslide, taking with it vehicles on a roadway around the edge and dumping tons of earth, asphalt and concrete atop them2007年1月巴西聖保羅
January 2010: A Jordanian Bedouin walks with his livestock next to a sinkhole that has appeared on the southern shores of the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say more sink holes are appearing as a result of the declining water levels of the Dead Sea2010年1月死海
This hole appeared on Blackheath Road in London in July 20022002年7月英國倫敦
This 40-foot-deep crater appeared in Michael Whittaker's garden in Norwich in 20012001年在英國諾域治
In June 1992, this huge hole suddenly opened up in a garden in Cornwall. The sinkhole was caused by the collapse of an old tin mine shaft1992年6月康沃爾
Workers repair electrical lines from the basket of a crane and from the perimeter of a massive sinkhole that appeared in West Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. A Mercedes-Benz driven by local lawyer Michael M. Schmidt lies at the bottom of the crater. The sinkhole was caused by a sewer line that collapsed美國俄亥俄州哥倫布市
A bus lies in a crater caused by construction work in a road in Munich, 19941994年德國慕尼黑
A petrol station employee soaks up spilled fuel after the pumps sank six feet into a sinkhole in the Seattle suburb of Lake Forest Park, in January 1997. Heavy snow and rain storms in the Pacific Northwest caused major flooding and property damage1997年1月美國西雅圖市郊湖森林公園
A car is pictured in a collapsed segment of a street in Arnsberg, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, in August 20072007年8月德國北萊茵威斯特伐利亞阿恩斯貝格
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power personnel inspect the damage done to Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica after a broken water main collapsed a block-long part of the street, creating the largest sinkhole in recent memory in Los Angeles county, in December 2002. Sinkholes caused by water eroding the foundation of streets are a continual problem in Los Angeles2002年12月美國洛杉磯
An aerial view of high desert Karst topography near Winslow, Arizona shows several sinkholes, probably caused by the collapse of caves美國亞利桑那州溫斯洛
Police securing an enormous sinkhole in Atlanta, Georgia, in June 19931993年6月美國喬治亞州亞特蘭大
A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighbourhood of Los Angeles, in this September 2009 photo. Four firefighters escaped injury after their fire engine sank into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley2009年9月美國洛杉磯
A sinkhole measuring 150 feet wide and about 60 feet deep is shown on June 12, 2002, a day after it opened near the Woodhill Apartments in Orlando, Florida2002年6月美國佛羅里達州奧蘭多
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