Zhigylgan - Fallen Earth

 sinkhole, interesting place

Kazakhstan, Mangistau, steppe, several miles flat as a table, and suddenly - a huge failure, the edges of which have an almost perfect circle with a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. This is the Cape Zhigylgan (Fallen Earth) If it were not for the Caspian Sea, on the one hand moving to the Fallen Earth, this place would be like a huge bowl filled with a jumble of rocks, resembling the ruins of the great ruined city. Almost the entire beach is filled with huge stones. The edges of the basin are covered with wide cracks that expand slowly under the influence of the sun and wind, and the rocks crumble down. Approach to the edge of danger, at any time the stones from under the feet may fall down down to a depth of 80 m. But all the same reckless "brave" like standing on the edge of the abyss, cold with fear. Nobody knows why and when there was a failure to Zhigylgane most likely cause of karst - a phenomenon related to the dissolution of the natural waters of rocks. My silly version - this place has failed multi-ton stone meteorite, he collapsed and ruined the land. Phantasmagoria - the word comes to scary place Zhigylgan, where wolves howl at night. We've learned that the sun sets over the sea, but on Zhigylgane all wrong, the sun from the sea rises. And for many miles around not a soul ...