Collapsing Land in Oil Fields New Mexico

Via MSNBC:

“US 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead,” motorists are warned.

But there is little other evidence that in southeastern New Mexico’s
oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the earth, ready to swallow
part of the highway and possibly a church, several businesses and a
trailer park…. (includes video).


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