Video: The Lake Peigneur Giant Sinkhole Disaster 1980

The in-depth story of the Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake.

November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana. Some 9 miles north of the Vermilion Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, a charming, calm lake is a popular resort for fishermen and nature lovers..

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