Tribune wire reports
1:49 p.m. CDT, July 16, 2014

MOSCOW— Researchers are to investigate a giant mysterious hole that has appeared in one of Russia's most isolated northernmost regions, state television reported.
It was unclear what had caused the gaping crater, about 328 feet in diameter, filmed from the air in


Yamal, which means 'the end of the Earth' in the local Nenets language, where temperatures plummet to -58 degrees Fahrenheit and the sun barely rises in winter.

An expedition to collect soil and water samples from the site was planned for Thursday with two researchers from the Siberian-based Center for the Study of the Arctic and a scientist from Russia's Academy of Science, state news outlet Vesti reported.


TV Zvezda, broadcast by Russia's Defense Ministry, reported the person who shot the video footage as saying the hole appeared to have been caused from below and that the darker soil around its top indicated the effect of high temperatures.

Yamal, inhabited by indigenous reindeer herders, is one of Russia's richest regions in natural gas. The hole was found near the Bovanentsky gas field, leading to speculation that it could have been caused by an underground explosion.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

That the Great Pit of Carkoon on Tatooine.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Isnt this how WAR OF THE WORLDS starts?

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

you mean transformers

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Would not

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