These quarries were estimated to exist since 7th century BC, and are believed to have been the main the source of white marble for the Taj Mahal.
The 17 quarries involved in this collapse were all disused, and had been for some time (despite the site being listed on google maps as 'temporarily closed'), however the damage from the land shifting rendered a couple of nearby active quarries unsafe. No one injured.
Sameer khatri mines if anyone wants to look them up. 5 star review, apparently ;p
The perception of "these" countries instead of all countries proves the point. That is a risk over there, but couldn't happen here to me! Humans generally lack strong risk assessment skills.
I sometimes wonder how many awesome videos there are out there buried in rubble because someone didn't have the sense not to be so close to such a violent event.
This dude was one flying rock away from the forever box.
Throw a wreath. Unless you know exactly where and how deep in that hillside they are, you’ll never find them, and trying to in an unstable medium will just make more dead people.
Yeah I don't look at mountainsides and go "That could fall any minute!" Though I should cause... landslides and the unbridled force of the conversion of the gravitational potential energy of a whole rock face into kinetic is not uncommon.
Harm
Duck! Also, run!
TheBricking
The dwarves dug too deep.
FrozenSTi
Situational awareness!!!
sunyudai
These quarries were estimated to exist since 7th century BC, and are believed to have been the main the source of white marble for the Taj Mahal.
The 17 quarries involved in this collapse were all disused, and had been for some time (despite the site being listed on google maps as 'temporarily closed'), however the damage from the land shifting rendered a couple of nearby active quarries unsafe. No one injured.
Sameer khatri mines if anyone wants to look them up.
5 star review, apparently ;p
avastmehearty
Glad no one was hurt, I was worried about the spectators!
PicassoCT
Generational debt can make you andyour family hit rock bottom in the same query
iwantmymaypo
YOU get a five star review for this informative and entertaining comment!
dbox
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5z9nE4rsZEM38JBd7
FaecalJacksonPollock
PicassoCT
Mareous sport
ShadeMeadowsArt
I didn't expect EVERYTHIN' cave in!!
HonHomes
Holy shit that is waaaay more than I was expecting!
Are there any before/after images?
vicvalour
When I knew I didn't know what to expect, I still didn't expect that, it took the whole forrest out
Superchief86
That was like the scene in Detective Pikachu when the giant torterra all wake up!
unamailer
Doot
lurkerthatoccationallywantstocomment
Yep
LastEverUsername
Person filming is VERY lucky it was the other side of the ravine collapsing, could very well have been their side!!!
gronzilla
And they didn't catch a stray
squillis
And lucky the slide hitting their wall didn't destabilize their end as well
MrOne2
I love it how people see a catastrophe in progress and think 'hmm .. let me take exactly two steps back'
moodytravesty
And now we run
ALTEFFFOUR
They lost their marbles!
vladrichdemaclant
I would also stay at the edge there watching the whole mountain collapsing ...
conklin5
Fucking RUN!
Cranbananarama
Nature cares not for your running. *collapses other side of the quarry*
esparadrapo
I will never understand why these countries always have dozens of bystanders just watching in the way of danger.
thundercactus
Oh it's not limited to "these" countries.
NotAnInternetBreaker
The perception of "these" countries instead of all countries proves the point. That is a risk over there, but couldn't happen here to me! Humans generally lack strong risk assessment skills.
ATLandNerdy
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1djl5dHQ2aXh1NjFscjVnaHFuNjRraThiM3FkYWpseGQyOTgzOTR2OCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/YiXlMMqGu3XvGwTPoC/200w.webp
wucebrillis81
Well they can start digging for a while again
apathyboy
Of course it was unstable, haven't any of them seen that bit in Home Alone?
theyallwenttoMexico
And because it's a quarry.
wattsdass
Hey You think we are too close?
Pshh naaaahhhh
InablueMule
Work did itself today. Just pick the rocks out. I wonder if a lot of that stone was fractured from blasting or drilling.
funone77
I sometimes wonder how many awesome videos there are out there buried in rubble because someone didn't have the sense not to be so close to such a violent event.
This dude was one flying rock away from the forever box.
ToasterDent
Jamesstin
And yet there probably will be people bitching that he's being a shit camera person lol
funone77
I mean, both things can be tru, but I think up until the real 'uh oh' shit started, he was doing fine
gronzilla
Wow - didn't even wait to find a comment to start bitching on
InablueMule
That is why you should always be uploading, for posterity.
funone77
Friend, I save that mode for when I interact with authority.
Jimthebutler
The marble mined itself.
countbassy
All those marbles, gone to waste
hogeyegrex
Smaller slabs at a discount now
SleazyBijou
That certainly does not appear to have been excavated with the intent to maintain
MrFancyPanzer
Slam a cow!
colinstu
Well hope someone needs a crapload of marble chips/gravel/rocks.. whole batch just freed up.
RigoryMorty
Goddamn, that escalated!
Spidey209
That is not due to heavy rain. They delved too deep.
ATLandNerdy
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1djl5dHQ2aXh1NjFscjVnaHFuNjRraThiM3FkYWpseGQyOTgzOTR2OCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/YiXlMMqGu3XvGwTPoC/200w.webp
VerySmallDuck
Were the marbles ok?
petonious
I'm not picking that up.
Heinsman
Why can't anyone hold the camera still! s/
gronzilla
People are misreading your s/ - PSA: they meant /s
Jimthebutler
Hopefully Noone was in the quarry at the time.
charhan
I’m thinking about all the children at the summer camp across the way. They didn’t deserve this.
Macetheace50
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/
Ever see the movie "Holes"?
Holes
2003
PG
1h 57m
RainierAlt
They were apparently ancient no-longer-used quarries. Someone else looked them up: /gallery/ICDpemM/comment/2507275587
NotACanadian
What do you have against Noone?
or0b0ur0s
Ask the Cyclops.
Casually
If there was then there will be no recovery effort.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
I mean... what would you recover? A smear?
Jimthebutler
I mean I guess they couldnt get any more buried but they should be laid to rest.
hogeyegrex
Throw a wreath. Unless you know exactly where and how deep in that hillside they are, you’ll never find them, and trying to in an unstable medium will just make more dead people.
canadmos
Rain might have triggered that event, but humans caused that. And im guessing safety wasnt a top priority.
CrispyNougat
Who needs safety when you have your safety flip flops on?
khora
I don’t really understand how rain caused it.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Humans also had something to do with the rain being heavier than it used to be too
Bystandr
You can see by the way the curtain walls were left that it was buttressed intentionally against the cliff sliding in. The rains triggered it
ArcaneM37
Rain did not erode marble. Humans did.
Bystandr
but that place was overmined, and the cliff collapsed largely due to that.
sunyudai
These quarries were started in roughly 7th century BC, they stood a long, long time.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Yeah I don't look at mountainsides and go "That could fall any minute!" Though I should cause... landslides and the unbridled force of the conversion of the gravitational potential energy of a whole rock face into kinetic is not uncommon.
CommodoreCrunch
I think a 2700 year old quarry can be forgiven for collapsing
hogeyegrex
Shit, I’m not even 700, and I feel like collapsing all the time.