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Caldera collapses create massive localized sinkholes

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Mountains are evidently prone to massive structural failures. When a gigantic eruption completely empties a subterranean magma chamber, the bedrock above suddenly finds itself unsupported and drops straight down. The result is a massive, crater-like depression that serves as a permanent monument to the time the crust simply gave up.

Caldera collapses create massive localized sinkholes
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