Question about sinkholes

[nashscan]

The new sinkhole in the Corvette museum has me thinking. Do sinkholes that appear in the ground ever have passageways leading off them at the bottom??

[GroundquestMSA]

Yep

[Indymonkey]

You can see what looks like a cave system in the bottom of the sinkhole.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FG9_mGWPo

[nashscan]

I saw that YouTube clip. It looks very interesting, and I would love to explore it!

[Phil Winkler]

Bowling Green has cave passage all under it. It's interesting that I-65 is directly alongside of the Museum. Wouldn't you think the highway engineers would have known about a cave system under it? It is hard to believe a surveyed cave runs under it, but it certainly appears to be a big cave from the videos.

[Bumbalawski]

Some more video of the sinkhole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpjt02SlLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hypidVK9Ge8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0im-l411P1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQF8_ZcwQk

[nashscan]

I really hope they investigate the bottom of the sinkhole where it appears to go further and report on their findings. May need to dig some.

[rlboyce]

Take my word for it; digging at the bottom of a huge breakdown pile, especially one so fresh as that, can be extremely dangerous.