Isn't It A Long Way Down
A friend sent me this video of the scene on Wall Street today. Enjoy!
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A friend sent me this video of the scene on Wall Street today. Enjoy!
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Ok, so what is that actually a video of? Google seems to think the language in that YouTube post is Indonesian, but can’t translate it. Could be the crater from a meteor, or possibly a volcano crater (though that seems less likely given the uniform coverage of flame throughout). Maybe, it’s just the aftermath of a really big industrial explosion. I’m really curious now.
Whatever it is, as a metaphor for the feeling on Wall Street today (trying to ignore sorrowful pangs of 9/11 imagery for a moment), it is spot on.
— John Bejarano · Sep 15, 09:52 PM · #
It’s a giant hole in the ground that is perpetually on fire – I think from underground natural gas – somewhere in Central Asia.
— Noah Millman · Sep 15, 10:04 PM · #
It’s the Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan. A truly bizarre place. Not a natural crater, by the way—accidentally created when Soviet petroleum prospectors set off charges underground.
— Former 1L · Sep 16, 11:24 PM · #