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In Brazil formed a huge failure: the depth cannot be determined

Added	Thu, 23/11/2017
Источники	planetanovosti.com
Дата публикации	Wed, 22/11/2017
Версии	Karst, Karst holes, sinkholes

Farm Alto Paranaiba located in Brazil, in a mysterious way appeared the failure of considerable dimensions. At the moment we know only the diameter of the hole, he made twenty metres. The depth is so great that it is difficult to determine.

The owner of the farm first saw a similar phenomenon. He noted that earlier problems with the ground. To create the depression would not have been possible without the photographer who used a drone.

Scientists say that for the area where you built the farm, the failures inherent in the phenomenon. Cause of their formation is the dissolution of limestone, which lies in the bowels in large quantity.

At the moment nobody knows what will happen with the farm, it is not excluded that the failure will grow. In addition, it poses a serious danger to the lives of local residents.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»