Does this look photo-shopped? I need more opinions!

[joenewtzie]

This happened today in Honduras...does it look photo-shopped?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/05/31/honduras.storm.emergency/index.html?hpt=C2

[Legendary_Bibo]

um no...sinkholes happen all the time and they do get that large if not larger. :confused:

[Phrea]

Looking at the picture, my first instinct is: it's gimped.
I might be wrong, but it doesn't look right, not even for a sink hole.

[joenewtzie]

I knew they happen, but that just looked fake!

[witeshark17]

I'm pretty sure it's real, but it does look P-shopped... :popcorn:

[KiwiNZ]

Its genuine. The rock structure in the area is prone to it Karst Limestone gets eaten away with heavy rain associated with tropical storms and can caused very large sink holes.

[Ebere]

I believe I saw pics of that very same sinkhole, a few years ago.

Are they recycling the news, now ?

[tgalati4]

That explains why no company will insure your house against sinkholes.

[chessnerd]

It looks fake, but since it is on a major news site (CNN) I'm guessing that they checked their sources.

If this was on a less reputable site, I would doubt it.

[joenewtzie]

I believe I saw pics of that very same sinkhole, a few years ago.

Are they recycling the news, now ?


I believe this is the one you are talking about....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html

Definitely a different picture.

[chessnerd]

I believe this is the one you are talking about....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html

Definitely a different picture.

Over 300 feet deep?!?!

That one looks fake too. These things must just look unreal if you see them in person! It's hard to imagine something like that happening anywhere in the world.

[joenewtzie]

Over 300 feet deep?!?!

That one looks fake too. These things must just look unreal if you see them in person! It's hard to imagine something like that happening anywhere in the world.

Thats how I feel right now BUT do you really thing National Geographic would fake something like that? I mean, they have the best scientists working for them to back up anything they write about.

[chessnerd]

Thats how I feel right now BUT do you really thing National Geographic would fake something like that? I mean, they have the best scientists working for them to back up anything they write about.

No, I don't think they did. But it looks like they did. I mean, it's almost perfectly round, and it just seems to go on forever.

I can't even imagine something like that.

[Legendary_Bibo]

No, I don't think they did. But it looks like they did. I mean, it's almost perfectly round, and it just seems to go on forever.

I can't even imagine something like that.

I know where they shopped it from. It's the hole from 300.

[Ebere]

I believe this is the one you are talking about....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html

Definitely a different picture.

I do believe you are correct.

Thank you.

[chessnerd]

I know where they shopped it from. It's the hole from 300.

Okay, that made me actually laugh out loud. :lol:

[joenewtzie]

I do believe you are correct.

Thank you.

Not a problem,

AND
Yeah it is quite un-believable and i'm sure we wills tart getting some more details and pictures as the week progresses.

[Ebere]

I know where they shopped it from. It's the hole from 300.

Naw, it's the demon hole from "The Evil Dead".

[Ebere]

Hey, I have a question.

Why do these things only happen at street intersections ?

;)

[chillicampari]

Hey, I have a question.

Why do these things only happen at street intersections ?

;)

To get to the other side?

[betrunkenaffe]

Are sink hole walls usually perfectly smooth on all sides from top to "bottom"? I don't know, not a major character in the analysis in holes in the ground.

[Kimm]

Looks photo-shopped to me, a perfectly cylindrical hole of that scale occurring naturally seems impossible.

[YuiDaoren]

There's nothing "perfect" about the hole. It's not cylindrical, it's conical, a very oblique cone because of the unusual depth.

Just look up other deep sinkholes, they're all round and they all have such clean sides.

[aklo]

DAMN i wouldn't want to be IN it...scare the shyt out of me.

[fatality_uk]

It's actually Guatemala and yes it's real and has happened before.

http://www.adjusterpro.com/insurance-adjuster-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/SinkholeFormationDiagram1.gif

[sydbat]

It looks fake, but since it is on a major news site (CNN) I'm guessing that they checked their sources.

If this was on a less reputable site, I would doubt it.I lol'd.

[Linux_junkie]

Anyone know how they are created?

Actually I've just found out.

[whiskeylover]

Anyone know how they are created?

Actually I've just found out.

Alien lasers from SPACE!!!

[fatality_uk]

Anyone know how they are created?

Actually I've just found out.

http://www.adjusterpro.com/insurance-adjuster-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/SinkholeFormationDiagram1.gif

[Hwæt]

Alien lasers from SPACE!!!

No man, obviously someone there divided by zero.

[sanderella]

That is really scary! :shock:

[sydbat]

No man, obviously someone there divided by zero.


That is really scary! :shock:Yes...dividing by zero IS scary...

[jwbrase]

To me it doesn't look so much photoshopped as *dug*. But I don't think it's a fake. It just looks like one.

[Zerocool Djx]

Semi-True story....

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/guatemala.sinkhole/

http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/6/667972/1275402633094.JPEG

http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/211/cache/guatemala-city-sinkhole-2007_21118_600x450.jpg

http://media.syracuse.com/news/photo/aptopix-guatemala-tropical-jpg-202697d2bc4a204c_large.jpg


This can only be the work of one person,...

http://scifi-guy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/fantastic4silversurfer.jpg


And only one person can save us.... mmmmm ..

http://mimg.ugo.com/200710/15321/jessica-alba-fantastic-4.jpg

[TheNerdAL]

And only one person can save us.... mmmmm ..

http://mimg.ugo.com/200710/15321/jessica-alba-fantastic-4.jpg

Lucky for me, my parents are sleeping. :) Lol, just kidding. xD

But yeah it looked like it came from a movie but it's a real sink hole.

[LarsKongo]

http://pici.se/pictures/sAiqVlOUB.jpg

[Legendary_Bibo]

http://pici.se/pictures/sAiqVlOUB.jpg

This is legit guys, I've seen it before.

[Rasa1111]

sorry.
since ive been running Ubuntu in my spacecrafts on board system,
it is super fast and very powerful,
I must get the hang of it before I create anymore of these things.

That cat is from the Epsilon system.
He fell off the external observation deck shortly after this little hole 'happened.' If you see him again~
His family would like to be reunited.
I will send you my current coords if you send me a message on my 7 way and tell me where he can be located.

thanks.

back to lunar base i guess.

[Ebere]

ROFLOL

That didn't take long !

Very good.

:)

[Elfy]

Merged

[Khakilang]

The alien worm did it.

[3rdalbum]

Do you want your own sinkhole? Here's how to create one! Just open an SSH session to a computer sitting at the desired location* and type:


sudo su
echo /dev/null > /dev/null

Attempting to copy /dev/null into itself creates a paradox that will cause /dev/null's destructive properties to be unleashed.

*Obviously, you wouldn't want to run this on your local computer, because you would be garbage collected by the unbridled /dev/null suction.

[Zerocool Djx]

http://pici.se/pictures/sAiqVlOUB.jpg

That's awesome!

[Ric_NYC]

Someone... Fix the title, please!

[pythonscript]

Sadly, this isn't a fake event. I'm chapin and grew up there, and everyone's been talking about it.

[PhilGil]

It's real (although the small version looks like a 'shop). Here is a link to the high-res original: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gobiernodeguatemala/4657053554/sizes/o/in/set-72157624035870825/

Scary stuff.

Oh, and the cat is priceless :)