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Zacaton sinkhole, cross-section. El Zacatón's depth has made it an important dive site: Dr. Ann Kristovich set the women's world depth record of 169 m (554 ft) during a 1993 dive into the sinkhole. [6] On April 6, 1994, explorer diver Jim Bowden and cave diving pioneer Sheck Exley entered El Zacatón with the intent of reaching bottom.
Exley died, aged 45, on April 6, 1994, while attempting to descend to a depth of over 1,000 feet (300 m) in a freshwater cenote, or sinkhole, called Zacatón in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. [9] [10] [17] He made the dive as part of a dual dive with Jim Bowden, but Bowden aborted his descent early when his gas supply ran low. Exley's body ...
The days-long search for a Pennsylvania grandmother, who fell through a sinkhole while searching for her cat, ended in tragedy when rescuers found the woman's body, authorities said Friday. The ...
Three counties in Florida's Tampa area make up a region sometimes called "sinkhole alley" because of the over 20,000 sinkholes there, almost 75% of the sinkholes in the whole state, according to ...
Work continues Monday morning, August 5, 2024, on a sinkhole on Route 37 westbound at St. Catherine Boulevard in Toms River. Two lanes of the westbound traffic was down to one lane, backing up ...
January 25–27, 2007 - The DEPTHX Team begins surveying the world's deepest water-filled sinkhole, Cenote Zacatón. [12] [13] February 4–10, 2007 - Field operations at la Pilita, one of the sinkholes in Sistema Zacatón. DEPTHX runs long autonomous missions to map the area and collect scientific data. [12] [14]
What caused the sinkhole is under investigation, Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert said Thursday in a Facebook post. "City engineers and inspectors say a number of factors could have caused the pavement ...
English: El Zacatón, a cenote (water-filled sinkhole) with free floating grass island (lower right), Municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22.9933°N, 98.1655°W, 209 m.). Photographed on 26 October 2004 by William L. Farr.