Chinese scientists find big hole

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Yeah, this is really gonna inspire tourists to haul their asses all the way out to Chongqing. Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase "not knowing your ass from a hole in the ground."

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/stor...,200462,00.html (http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,200462,00.html) 
JULY 22, 2003 TUE
Giant hole found in forest

BEIJING - Chinese, American and British scientists have discovered a giant hole in the ground which has been immediately praised as a 'geological wonder' and potential tourist attraction, state media said yesterday.

The 300m-deep barrel-shaped hole was found hidden in dense bamboo forest in Wu- long county near south-western Chongqing municipality, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

At the bottom of the hole, the researchers found two water-eroded caves extending for 18km, the report said.

Mr Shao Jianhua, a local official, said the county planned to develop the hole into a major tourist attraction once the scientists had left.

The hole is classified as a doline, or sinkhole, which develops when limestone or a similar rock type is dissolved by groundwater and collapses. -- AFP

 

[hooligan]

don't sinkholes happen all around the US?

[DragonKnight]

Man, if I wanted to go down a hole...nm, that can really be taken the wrong way. :P

[AngryABCGirl]

Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, etc.  What is with the fascination with big holes?

[hooligan]

<!--QuoteBegin-AzNBuffGrL+Jul 21 2003, 10:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AzNBuffGrL @ Jul 21 2003, 10:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, etc. What is with the fascination with big holes? [/b][/quote]
it's the opposite of a phallic symbol ...

[MellowDrama]

Wait, didn't they uproot the original site of Chongqing and move it somewhere else when they built the 3 Gorges Dam?

[SunWuKong]

they're going to turn a big hole into a tourist attraction?

[deez nuts]

<!--QuoteBegin-SunWuKung+Jul 22 2003, 01:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SunWuKung @ Jul 22 2003, 01:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> they're going to turn a big hole into a tourist attraction? [/b][/quote]
:lol:

[Napoleon Chynamite]

<!--QuoteBegin-SunWuKung+Jul 22 2003, 10:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SunWuKung @ Jul 22 2003, 10:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> they're going to turn a big hole into a tourist attraction? [/b][/quote]
Sure why not.&nbsp; They turn giant areas with a bunch of trees and rocks and crap (stuff you could see in your backyard) into tourist attractions (i.e. Yellowstone Park), so why not this?&nbsp; It'll just be a bit smaller.

Ok fine, so Yellowstone has a couple geysers that spew up stuff that reeks, and some mountains, big deal.

[mr. x]

i wonder if you fell into the whole, could u end up in america?