A huge crack has shown up in Wyoming territory in just a few weeks, just at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains. Hunters and onlookers immediately went to social media to reveal the expanse of what they now have started calling “the gash”, which measures an astounding 750 yards long and 50 yards wide, according to Mirror UK.
As for an explanation, people are still trying to gather their words. The group who first posted the news on the web, SNS Outfitter & Guide Service, explains by saying that a wet spring became lubricated across a cap rock, and a spring on the both sides of the cap rock caused the bottom to deliberately ‘slide out’. Though some are still gawking at it with amazement, it’s pretty terrifying. Reactions highlight how people tend to forget that the Earth is more fragile than given credit for.
Cracks Like this Are Actually Not Uncommon
Last year there was a similar occurrence in Mexico, where not one but two cracks tore through the ground in Valencia, stretching up to 16 feet wide at its largest. There’s also the huge hole in the middle of the Russian Siberia. The crack in Mexico was reported to have been caused by the combination of a bad drought and a nearby earthquake, while the Siberian holes were caused by gas explosions from underground and rising temperatures caused by climate change.
If you needed one more sign to go greener, this is it. The Earth doesn’t seem to be responding well to the exploitation of resources and the lack of water on wet, usually fertile soil. These phenomena are just one more indication that Mother Nature doesn’t do well with mistreatment. Some people have taken to forming conspiracy theories, blaming the US Military and HAARP technology for attempting to play God and obliterate the Earth, but that’s taking it a bit too far. Truth of the matter is the Earth has to be protected as it has protected us.
So Go Greener! The Occasional Rain Dance Could Also Help
These cracks are not new, and can be formed by things as basic as tectonic movements or inner workings of the earth to rising temperatures from climate change, but it never hurts to treat the ground that raised us and the soil that feeds us with as much respect as it deserves.
