(Paul Seaburn) February 2nd, 2017 Fissure in Northern Cape, South AfricaLet’s start in South Africa where a massive crack opened on January 6, 2017, between the cities of Daniëlskuil and Kuruman in Northern Cape, South Africa. Latest reports put the length of the fissure at 300 meters (980 feet) long and 30 meters (98 feet) deep. Because it’s so close, it has caused the R31 road to be closed between the cities. Heavy rains and the karst landscape – formed by the dissolution of limestone, dolomite, gypsum and other soluble rocks – makes this a sinkhole haven. The Boesmansgat sinkhole, one of the world’s deepest freshwater cave dive sites, is just a few kilometers away. Local residents should be used to this but they’re still demanding that the government do something about this dangerous hole.

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