5/4/2004: Sinkhole eats car - Page 4

russotto · 05-06-2004, 02:12 PM

I think what got 202 wasn't an ordinary sinkhole but a limestone fault -- basically a huge mucking crack in the bedrock, like a cave only filled with soil. Put any weight on it, or disturb it too much, and the soil moves out, creating sinkholes.

There certainly are plenty of ordinary sinkholes in the area -- N. Gulph Road had a number of them caused by an underground stream, and the K.O.P mall has had them appear in it's parking lot.

chrisinhouston · 05-07-2004, 11:14 AM

If you remember the movie "Contact" with Jodi Foster, their were several scenes in the first half filmed at the huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico, Observatorio de Arecibo. A quote from their website says:

"Hidden among fields and hills is the world's largest radar-radio telescope, operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center of Cornell University. A 20-acre dish, with a 600-ton suspended platform hovering eerily over it, lies in a 563-ft-deep sinkhole in the karst landscape. The observatory has been used to look for extraterrestrial life. Hidden among fields and hills is the world's largest radar-radio telescope, operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center of Cornell University. A 20-acre dish, with a 600-ton suspended platform hovering eerily over it, lies in a 563-ft-deep sinkhole in the karst landscape. The observatory has been used to look for extraterrestrial life."

chrisinhouston · 05-07-2004, 11:16 AM

well, I'll try a gif

BrianR · 05-07-2004, 09:49 PM

Hey! Isn't that the radiotelescope that was used in that James Bond movie? The one that was supposedly in Cuba? Goldeneye I think?

Brian

Elspode · 05-08-2004, 12:28 AM

Yup. Was also in "Contact".

DanaC · 05-08-2004, 05:00 AM

Contact.....God that film sucked

xoxoxoBruce · 05-08-2004, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
bruce, do you have a link to that clip?

No, Jim. I have/had the clip on my computer but as it was quite awhile ago, it may not have been this computer. I'll have to look for it.

05-07-2004, 11:14 AM	#47
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	If you remember the movie "Contact" with Jodi Foster, their were several scenes in the first half filmed at the huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico, Observatorio de Arecibo. A quote from their website says: "Hidden among fields and hills is the world's largest radar-radio telescope, operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center of Cornell University. A 20-acre dish, with a 600-ton suspended platform hovering eerily over it, lies in a 563-ft-deep sinkhole in the karst landscape. The observatory has been used to look for extraterrestrial life. Hidden among fields and hills is the world's largest radar-radio telescope, operated by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center of Cornell University. A 20-acre dish, with a 600-ton suspended platform hovering eerily over it, lies in a 563-ft-deep sinkhole in the karst landscape. The observatory has been used to look for extraterrestrial life." Attached Images

05-07-2004, 11:16 AM	#48
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	well, I'll try a gif Attached Images

05-07-2004, 09:49 PM	#49
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Hey! Isn't that the radiotelescope that was used in that James Bond movie? The one that was supposedly in Cuba? Goldeneye I think? Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-08-2004, 12:28 AM	#50
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Yup. Was also in "Contact". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-06-2004, 02:12 PM	#46
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I think what got 202 wasn't an ordinary sinkhole but a limestone fault -- basically a huge mucking crack in the bedrock, like a cave only filled with soil. Put any weight on it, or disturb it too much, and the soil moves out, creating sinkholes. There certainly are plenty of ordinary sinkholes in the area -- N. Gulph Road had a number of them caused by an underground stream, and the K.O.P mall has had them appear in it's parking lot.

05-08-2004, 05:00 AM	#51
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Contact.....God that film sucked

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