5 years late and a bit smaller

[Rick Law]

Anyone remember the John Cusack movie 2012?  The movie was about the end of the world and it started with a long big fissure that splits California and cities after cities slid into the ocean.

Well, it is 5 years later and in a different State: Arizona.  This two mile fissure looks like scenes from the movie.  The parts I can see bottom looks like 20-50 feet deep.  There are deeper parts that the bottom is too dark to be seen.  This crack is in Tator Hills area, southern Pinal County, Arizona.

The video taken by Arizona Geological Survey a few days ago:

[Nystemy]

Geology, that is an interesting subject.
Now we just need to put up some IoT to this fissure, and record some measurements as it changes.

I would put a GPS receiver on each side along it and see if they change position with time.
Then have it feeding to one "central" node that sends the data back over the internet if such a connection exists around there, other wise there is always the satellite option. Because going out there once a year and collecting the data from a memory is too much work...

[jonovid]

the holy grail of aerial drone videography is in my humble opinion is the silky smooth pan tilt & zoom of the aerial camera.
while flying the aerial choreography path.

[CatalinaWOW]

So stop sucking water out of the ground faster than it can be replaced and these cracks don't happen.  They are common in areas with a lot of water pumping.  The central valley in California adds these to all of the fault zone cracks until it is a wonder there is anyplace to walk.