About two weeks ago, I reported on a giant crater that appeared on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia.
Well, while scientists are still trying to figure out what caused this first crater, two more have been discovered in Siberia.
Crater of Antipayuta
This crater was alo discovered on the Yamal peninsula, near the village of Antipayuta (a few hundred miles from the first crater). It measures 50 feet in diameter.
Mikhail Lapsui is a deputy of the regional parliament in the area. He visited this second crater and talked to locals from Antipayuta.
Lapsui reported that locals claimed this crater was formed in September of last year. When he asked about what caused it, he got a number of different stories:
“According to the first, initially at the place was smoking, and then there was a bright flash. In the second version, a celestial body fell there.”
Crater of Nosok
The second crater is a bit smaller, measuring just 15 feet across. However, it has an estimated depth of about 200-330 feet and observers say the crater is perfectly cone-shaped. It is located near the village of Nosok, in the Krasnoyarsk region.
One expert in the region had this to say about the strange, cone-shaped crater:
“It is not like this is the work of men, but also doesn’t look like natural formation.”
While no official explanations have been given by scientists studying the craters yet, most theories center around the melting of permafrost in the Siberian tundra. This melting releases gas that was trapped in the ice underground.
As more permafrost melts, the pressure of this gas builds up. Hypothetically, this build-up could cause the ground above it to be ejected if the pressure gets high enough.
Since we reported on the first crater, video has been released showing it in more detail. Check it out below:
Read the original story from the Siberian Times here.