![Salt usually seals, but sometimes leaks: Implications for mine and cavern stabilities in the short and long term - ScienceDirect Salt usually seals, but sometimes leaks: Implications for mine and cavern stabilities in the short and long term - ScienceDirect](https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0012825216304482-gr21.jpg)
Salt usually seals, but sometimes leaks: Implications for mine and cavern stabilities in the short and long term - ScienceDirect
![This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges, This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,](https://preview.redd.it/ann065tnm7181.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3934308a908b543f2448ed79493c3c2da6920280)
This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,
![This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges, This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,](https://i.redd.it/wpn5w8vnm7181.jpg)
This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,
![Diagram of the Lake Peigneur Disaster, check out the comments for a short podcast describing the details of how this small lake sucked multiple barges into the depths of a salt mine. : Diagram of the Lake Peigneur Disaster, check out the comments for a short podcast describing the details of how this small lake sucked multiple barges into the depths of a salt mine. :](https://preview.redd.it/gformzct0rr21.jpg?auto=webp&s=7aa68fa158d0dc1827850da123ce20fdf64988e7)