Optical illusion: Guatemala sinkhole

June 3, 2010


This just doesn’t seem real.

Luis Echeverria / Guatemala Presidency via EPA

Sinkhole” (66 ft across – 110 ft deep) created by Agatha, the first tropical storm of the season, in the Ciudad Nueva neighborhood in Guatemala City, Guatemala. swallowing a clothing store and the entire intersection. Honduras and El Salvador were hit as well and the resulting landslides and floods killed 180 and left tens of thousands homeless.

Locals re: sinkhole
Sinkhole vs “piping feature”?

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