I found this Guatemalan sinkhole image on a site that seemed to suggest that it came from the Associated Press.
Here is another one from New Zealand:
Given the immediate drama of these photographs, it surprises me that sinkholes have such a dearth of representation in fiction. Don’t these pictures immediately conjure up questions and stories in your mind? When I see the New Zealand picture, I immediately start hearing the beginning of a children’s book that starts out something like this:
The earth swallowed Jimmy’s house. Daddy says it happened because of something called suffusion. Mama says it’s because of a curse. I think mama is right. The other day, I saw Jimmy …
