Massive crack in the Earth opens in Bighorn Mountains

[LongTomH]

No, this isn't the SyFy channels weekend disaster offering; this one is real:

With no earthquakes reported in the area, locals were stunned and at a loss to explain the shift of soil and rocks that left the gaping crack estimated to be 750 yards long by 50 yards wide.

The opening is said to be located 10 miles south of Tensleep, Wyoming, in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains.

Randy Becker of Casper, Wyoming, was hunting in the area over the weekend and shot and shared amazing photos of the scene, which he called “an awesome example of how our earth is not as stable as you might think. Awesome forces at work here to move this much dirt!!”

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Yike!!!!!

Seth Wittke, geological manager with the Wyoming Geological Survey in Laramie, explained the event in the Bighorn Mountains as simply a landslide.

“Without getting out there and looking at it, I can’t be positive, but from what I’ve seen on the Internet it looks like a slow-moving landslide,” Wittke told GrindTV in a phone interview.

Read more at http://www.grindtv.com/nature/massive-crack-in-earth-mysteriously-opens-up-in-bighorn-mountains/#8sJZBF81LVpaKs5Y.99

[KittyWampus]

1. impressive.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. Scary. n/t

[niyad]

3. hmmm, how far from darth cheney's residence?

[LiberalEsto]

4. Is that what they call a butte-crack?

[LongTomH]

5. Ow!!

[underpants]

6. This place is falling apart

[flygal]

10. Ha! I was born in Butte MT

I hate that people call it Butt! I tell them it's like me - "A Beaut from Butte"

[OnlinePoker]

7. Any fracking or heavy acquifer withdrawls in the area? n/t

[roamer65]

8. There is a lot of pressure built up between the Pacific and NA plates right now.

Southern CA is overdue for a large quake and so is the Cascadia subduction zone. If either one makes a large movement, the other could as well shortly after it.

As the pressure builds, it can be seen farther inland as well.

[B Calm]

9. Looks like a good site for the next republican debate.

[NV Whino]

11. Are you kidding? That's what caused it.

[roguevalley]

12. well, welcome to mars. it looks like the

underground rivers are drying up