A seven foot model of the Blue Hole interior is being designed for a visitor center in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, USA.
--What would you like to understand about Blue Hole?
--What are your favorite details? (shapes, sounds, motions, ...)
Blue Hole formed as a cenote (from the Mayan word for “well”) or natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock exposing groundwater below. In the case of this cenote the groundwater pressure causes a flowing artesian well which fills the hole to the surface and flows out into a stream. While the water has a high mineral content (“hard water”) the fast flowing underground spring is clean.
How did Blue Hole Form? Also can you drink out of it?
ReplyDeleteBlue Hole formed as a cenote (from the Mayan word for “well”) or natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock exposing groundwater below. In the case of this cenote the groundwater pressure causes a flowing artesian well which fills the hole to the surface and flows out into a stream.
DeleteWhile the water has a high mineral content (“hard water”) the fast flowing underground spring is clean.
Where does the water supply come from?
ReplyDeleteIt is believed that the water comes from the Ogallala Aquifer.
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't the water temperature change?
ReplyDeleteHow quickly does the water flow?
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of awards or achievements has the Blue Hole received?
ReplyDeleteAre there any wildlife living within it?
ReplyDeletewhy do you have a cover over the hole
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