Robert
September 2nd, 2009, 07:53 AM
I was going to add an opening joke, but on second thought.... nah. ;)
The giant hole is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town Mirna. It is 525 meters deep and 1.25 km in the diameter.
Have a look at the Google Map -
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=mirna,+siberia&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&filter=0&rq=1&ev=zo&sll=62.529071,113.996887&sspn=0.029418,0.076904&radius=1.23&ll=62.529071,113.996887&spn=0.029418,0.076904&t=h&z=14
And some good photos here - http://www.sreedhara.com/2006/07/25/the-biggest-hole-in-the-world-great-photos/
The giant hole is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town Mirna. It is 525 meters deep and 1.25 km in the diameter.
Have a look at the Google Map -
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=mirna,+siberia&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&filter=0&rq=1&ev=zo&sll=62.529071,113.996887&sspn=0.029418,0.076904&radius=1.23&ll=62.529071,113.996887&spn=0.029418,0.076904&t=h&z=14
And some good photos here - http://www.sreedhara.com/2006/07/25/the-biggest-hole-in-the-world-great-photos/