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Giant Plane Crash? Perhaps Not…

Weirder September 17, 2025 Giant Plane Crash? Perhaps Not…2025-09-17T19:24:37-04:00 Mining No Comment

Though this looks like a big plane crash, it is…

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Mysterious Clearing

Weirder October 31, 2020 Mysterious Clearing2020-11-01T08:06:01-05:00 Mining 2 Comments

What's this perfect circle around this chalky patch of land…

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Burke Ghost Town

Weird December 8, 2018 Burke Ghost Town2018-12-02T12:25:29-05:00 Buidings No Comment

    Where the railroad runs through the This ghost…

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Salt Evaporation Ponds

Weird March 11, 2014 Salt Evaporation Ponds2019-07-08T20:57:39-04:00 Mining No Comment

    Name: Salt Evaporation Ponds Lat, Long: , Location: Sonora, Mexico  

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Hole in the Ground in Xinzhou

Weird November 11, 2013 Hole in the Ground in Xinzhou2018-12-02T12:17:42-05:00 Mining No Comment

    Name: Hole in the Ground in Xinzhou Lat, Long: ,…

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Hambach Surface Mine

Weird July 12, 2013 Hambach Surface Mine2019-06-19T18:05:52-04:00 Industrial Structures No Comment

Hambach surface mine, or Tagebau Hambach, is the deepest open…

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Udachnaya Pipe

Weird June 25, 2013 Udachnaya Pipe2019-01-17T17:50:36-05:00 Human Creations No Comment

    Udachnaya Pipe is kimberlite pipe diamond deposit, over…

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Quarry in Iran

Weird June 23, 2013 Quarry in Iran2019-01-16T22:55:40-05:00 Human Creations No Comment

    Name: Quarry in Iran Lat, Long: , Location: Khorramshahr, Iran  

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Chuquicamata

Weird June 13, 2013 Chuquicamata2019-03-03T18:20:53-05:00 Human Creations No Comment

    Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui", is by excavated volume the largest…

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Bingham Canyon Mine

Weird June 12, 2013 Bingham Canyon Mine2019-01-17T17:51:39-05:00 Human Creations No Comment

    Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest open-pit mine…

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