September 14, 2022 at 10:48 pm
The Lake Peigneur Sinkhole Disaster of 1980: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake

On the morning of November 21, 1980, a Texaco oil drill bit on Louisiana’s Lake Peigneur struck a salt mine beneath the water. And then…
Photograph by HANSUELI KRAPF In this perfectly timed photo we see Strokkur, a famous geyser in Iceland, on the verge of eruption. Located in the geothermal area beside the Hvítá River (in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavík), Strokkur erupts about every 4–8 minutes and can reach heights of 15–20 meters…
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