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Massive 'crack in the Earth' opens up suddenly in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains
www.mnn.com ^ | By: Bryan Nelson | October 30, 2015, 12:40 a.m

Posted on 10/30/2015 8:21:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 10/30/2015 8:21:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Damn gophers....................


2 posted on 10/30/2015 8:21:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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It’s amazing what millions and millions and millions of years of erosion can do.


3 posted on 10/30/2015 8:22:50 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Red Badger

Nah. Remeber algoron spoke about how the erf has a fever and temps in the million degree range at it’s core? Simple physics——expansion. And here I thought the Grand Canyon was a giant crack in the erf.


4 posted on 10/30/2015 8:23:51 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Bush’s Fault


5 posted on 10/30/2015 8:24:11 AM PDT by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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6 posted on 10/30/2015 8:24:54 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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No accompanying earthquake?

7 posted on 10/30/2015 8:25:26 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Red Badger

Obviously this is the result of millions of selfish Americans running lawnmowers, weed eaters and SUVs.


8 posted on 10/30/2015 8:25:47 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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Since this is Wyoming, it’s probably Cheney’s fault, something to do with fracking or Halliburton, or both.


9 posted on 10/30/2015 8:25:57 AM PDT by scottinoc
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Just Mother Earth’s stretch marks.


10 posted on 10/30/2015 8:26:46 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Or twenty years of glow-bull warming. Oh, wait. I forgot that glow-bull warming has been on vaca. But that must make me a denier/doubter/skeptic/liar. Thank you very much, I wear the mantle proudly.


11 posted on 10/30/2015 8:26:49 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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It’s in Wyoming, so it’s Cheney’s Fault!..................


12 posted on 10/30/2015 8:27:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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Must have been a slow one.................


13 posted on 10/30/2015 8:28:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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Reminds me of part of the old cowboy limerick about Nell and Gutwrench Pete.

The land was gouged for miles around
Where poor Nell's a$$ had drug the ground.

14 posted on 10/30/2015 8:28:06 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe - Yeb Arbusto es un payaso.)
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Contrary to some sensational claims swirling about on social media, the crack is not an opening to the underworld...

Did they actually confirm this, or are they just operating on assumptions? ;-)

15 posted on 10/30/2015 8:28:39 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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LOL! I believe the proper pronunciation is: “da erf”


16 posted on 10/30/2015 8:28:49 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: scottinoc

Yep, I’m expecting the Sierra Club or some other nutcase environmental group to blame Big Oil for this one.


17 posted on 10/30/2015 8:29:54 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Never heard of that one......................not really sure I want to............;^)


18 posted on 10/30/2015 8:30:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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And using deodorant..............


19 posted on 10/30/2015 8:30:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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"Apparently, a wet spring lubricated across a cap rock. Then, a small spring on either side caused the bottom to slide out. He estimated 15 to 20 million yards of movement."

20 million cubic yards is a fairly respectable pile of dirt. So where is it? I don't see a nearby river choked with sediment carrying it away.

20 posted on 10/30/2015 8:32:25 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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