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Monday, July 28, 2014

MYSTERIOUS CRATERS APPEARING IN RUSSIAN WILDERNESS - THEIR NUMBERS ARE NOW INCREASING

Crater near Bovanenkovo gas field

  • One of the craters is located in Siberia's Yamal Peninsula in the Taz district and has a diameter of 49ft (15 metres)
  • The other was spotted on the Taymyr Peninsula in Kransoyark region and has a diameter of 13ft (four metres)
  • They follow the discovery of a larger hole found in Yamal earlier this month at around 230ft (70 metres) in diameter
  • Andrei Plekhanov from Scientific Research Center of the Arctic says crater was formed due to rising temperatures
  • One theory is that a chunk of ice that is located underground created a hole in the ground when it melted
  • Another is that the crater was formed by a mixture of water, salt and gas igniting an underground explosion 
  • Theories range from meteorites, stray missiles, a man-made prank, and aliens, to an explosive cocktail of methane or shale gas suddenly exploding. 

  • Picture above: Andrey Naumenko, The Siberian Times.

    Read more:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2708345/Mystery-Siberian-crater-deepens-Scientists-left-baffled-two-NEW-holes-appear-Russias-icy-wilderness.html

    As reported by The Siberian Times

    The new craters - http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/now-two-new-large-holes-appear-in-siberia/

    The first pictures from inside the crater at the "end of the world" - http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/first-pictures-from-inside-the-crater-at-the-end-of-the-world/

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    Previous article on the first hole found in the area.  It was thought to have been caused by methane.
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/07/mysterious-hole-has-appeared-in-siberia.html

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