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Showing posts with label Geology - Landslides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geology - Landslides. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2015

MYSTERIOUS GIANT CRACK IN THE EARTH SUDDENLY OPENS UP IN WYOMING - Its cause still uncertain - It could continue to grow

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The gigantic 'crack in the Earth' in Wyoming: Landslide in the Big Horn Mountains causes canyon-like gash - and it could get even bigger
Gaping: A gigantic opening was spotted in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming this month. SNS Outfitter & Guides said 'Everyone here is calling it "the gash". It's a really incredible sight'
  • The opening is thought to be 750 yards long and about 50 yards wide
  • Experts believe it is a slow-moving landslide
  • Believed it could be caused by a spring underneath the area
  • Crack may get larger 'as long as there's room for it to move'
  • There have been several other cases of the Earth splitting open in massive gashes in recent years
  • Wyoming is home to the Devil's Tower (of perhaps volcanic origin), and the Yellowstone supervolcano
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    Continue reading, see more images of this crack, and of other similar geological events throughout the globe.

    Saturday, April 19, 2014

    LANDSLIDE SPLITS HOUSE IN TWO IN WYOMING - It all started with a huge crack under the house a few days ago

    A sudden lurch in a creeping landslide in the northwest Wyoming resort town of Jackson split a house in two and forced workers to abandon just-begun efforts to stabilize the hillside.
     
    A huge crack in the ground that had opened up under the house a couple weeks ago shifted several feet downhill in less than a day, breaking off a room or two and leaving a door swinging above the precipice.  Rocks and dirt tumbled down in an almost constant stream and a geologist warned much bigger chunks could fall.  

    Read more and see the dramatic pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608253/Looming-creeping-landslide-splits-home-Wyoming.html

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    Town officials said they didn't know what was causing the slide, but they have noted the area has seen considerable road-grading over the past few decades. The latest work was last year's construction of the Walgreens drug store, which opened in January.
    Read more
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/road-grading-caused-wyoming-hill-slide-23343752

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