Environment
150m high waterfall disappears due to the death pit
Death pits appear on a stretch of river near San Rafael, the highest waterfall in Ecuador, changing the flow.
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Archeology
Shock: 'Copy' alien world below the old town of 1,100 years old
An ancient town in Germany was accidentally built by humans on land with alien characteristics like the giant Jezero life pit in Mars.
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Asteroid crater is over 2.2 billion years old
The oldest crater on Earth in the town of Yarrabubba has a diameter of nearly 70km.
Archeology
Unexpectedly discovered 'huge treasure' in the 13m deep hole
Egyptian archaeologists are filled with joy after deciphering the mysterious 3,000 years after discovering 'huge treasure' in a 13m deep pit.
Archeology
Found 1,700 year old chicken eggs intact
Archaeologists found four Roman-era eggs used to make sacrifices, of which three broke and gave off an unpleasant smell.
Space science
NASA satellite photographed comet explosion in outer space
The explosion released about one million kilograms of matter and could leave a pit 20 meters in diameter on the surface of the comet Wirtanen.
Space science
Detecting an oasis suspected to contain alien fossils
NASA claims it has discovered an oasis that may contain fossils in the middle of arid areas in the Jezero crater crater on Mars.
Environment
Lightning strikes form a 4.6m wide pit in the middle of the parking lot
A powerful lightning strike in a thunderstorm on October 30 hit the parking lot in Fort Worth, Texas, puncturing the concrete floor and sending debris away.
Biology
Cold-blooded insects: Sand trap, sucking flesh inside prey
Hiding under a small funnel-shaped sand pit is a danger lurking around insects or even spiders.
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How does the 'hell well' deepest on the ground appear?
Do you know how deep the deepest artificial hole on the ground? The deepest Mariana Trench in the world has a maximum depth of 10,971 km.
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7 mysterious death holes on Earth
Many mysterious lands in the world are thought to be the gateway to the afterlife, from a permanent fire pit in Turkmenistan to the sinking holes in Mexico.
Videos
New video filmed the fearsome 'hell gate' for 50 years
The Sun has just published an amazing video of 'hell gate' in Turkmenistan.
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Decode the cause of a sudden death in Siberia
Recently, scientists have proposed a new hypothesis that explains why death pits continuously appear in Siberia. The Siberian death zone has been constantly appearing fo…
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Secrets at the 'swallowing swamp' led to a headache from the US Geological Survey
Although derived from objective or subjective reasons, the locations in the series
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The reason for the horrific big death pit has been constantly appearing in Russia
According to Daily Mail, the mysterious death hole first appeared in Russia in 2014, raising speculation about a missile test, or alien creation.