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Lake Peigneur Mining Disaster

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( A mining crew drilled through the bottom of a lake and into a salt mine. As the lake begins to drain into the mine, a whirlpool forms, sucking down barges, kilometres of land and reversing the flow of the Gulf of Mexico. )
Posted by nova on January 20, 2007 at 5:27 am
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Posted by mihaiio on January 24, 2007 at 2:58 am

That is something you don't see everyday

Posted by irish on January 26, 2007 at 9:11 am

That nuts a 14" wide drill bit!! I like the guys hat though "I survived Lake Peigneur".

Posted by sephirotyang on January 28, 2007 at 9:25 pm

dang

Posted by bonematrix on April 3, 2007 at 7:09 pm

Pulling the plug..

Posted by bartolel on August 20, 2007 at 6:14 am

That was incredible. I would never have expected to see so many boats just disappear like that.

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