Huge Hole Spilled Diamonds Until 2001
The Mir Diamond Mine is located in Mirny in Eastern Siberia, Russia, and was constructed in 1957. At that time, it started spilling diamonds out of this giant man-made hole that’s been dubbed the “Navel of the Earth.” Unfortunately, after years of producing diamond after diamond, the hole stopped what it was intended to do in 2001 and then diamond mine finally shut down completely in 2011. But the structure an the hole itself is still out there.