Giant Crater Appears In Northern Siberia

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @07:36AM from the when-earth-attacks dept.

New submitter DavidMZ writes: The Siberian Times reports on a large crater of unknown origin that has appeared in the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. The Russian government has dispatched a group of scientists to investigate the 80-meter-wide crater. Anna Kurchatova from Siberia's Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Center believes the crater was a result of an explosion when a mixture of water, salt, and natural gas exploded underground. The Yamai Peninsula is known to hold Russia's biggest natural gas reserve."

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Where are the giant hands of Goatse? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-16 07:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Hmmm?
1. Re:Where are the giant hands of Goatse? by Tablizer · 2014-07-16 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They are invisible, haven't you read Adam Smith?
  
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As Always ... by Baby+Duck · 2014-07-16 07:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Let me guess. The explosion was caught on a Russian dashcam, amirite?

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Warn Tokyo by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-16 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny

It hatched.