Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agoSink hole in the middle of a soccer field in Alton IL. No one was on the field when it happened.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1169file-text
arrow-up1169imageSink hole in the middle of a soccer field in Alton IL. No one was on the field when it happened.files.catbox.moeBlaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
News coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/watch-sinkhole-swallows-stadium-light-at-alton-soccer-field-after-mine-collapse/ar-BB1oX0Ar
minus-squarecasmael@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 days agoThis is so strange it looks photoshopped - kinda wild imo
minus-squaremakyo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoIt’s pretty cool! Especially the way the astroturf more or less looks like grass but then tears off in the sinkhole - it gives it that uncanny look
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoWhy did it tear though? The ground didn’t expand, it just dropped out below it. I would think it would hang like a sheet over a hole.
minus-squaremakyo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoTrue! That’s kind of strange. I guess it’s quite wide so the center was heavy enough to rip it all out? Maybe it was wet or something too.
This is so strange it looks photoshopped - kinda wild imo
It’s pretty cool! Especially the way the astroturf more or less looks like grass but then tears off in the sinkhole - it gives it that uncanny look
Why did it tear though? The ground didn’t expand, it just dropped out below it. I would think it would hang like a sheet over a hole.
True! That’s kind of strange. I guess it’s quite wide so the center was heavy enough to rip it all out? Maybe it was wet or something too.