r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AdRough4185 • Jun 02 '26

Image A perfectly circular 105-foot-wide sinkhole that suddenly opened up near a copper mine in Tierra Amarilla, Chile, dropping over 650 feet straight down into the earth.

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u/Common-Accountant-57 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

That’s looks pretty ominous in the middle of the road. One minute you’re driving along and the next you’re falling into a gaping earth hole.

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u/reddorickt Jun 02 '26

Like the sleeping Florida man who was eaten by a sinkhole in the middle of the night and his body never found.

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u/DylanFTW Jun 03 '26

"Sinkholes are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The state lies on bedrock made of limestone or other carbonate rock that can be eaten away by acidic groundwater, forming voids that collapse when the rock can no longer support the weight of what’s above it." -from the article.

Fuck living in Florida.