A large chunk of land including several separate farming fields in Indonesia collapsed into the ground, falling by as much as 230 feet. Yet, while what I just described might sound like a sinkhole, it was not one. Instead, the news got many details of this geologic natural disaster wrong, which I will explain in today's video. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Google Earth, Image © 2025 Airbus. This image was overlaid with text, and then overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo). NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2026 United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All Rights Reserved. Associated license for NASA EOSDIS Worldview: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview/blob/main/LICENSE.md We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). We acknowledge the use of imagery from the NASA Worldview application (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/), part of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Sources/Citations: [1] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Terra / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ [2] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia) 0:00 Indonesia "Sinkhole" 0:16 Expansion Since 2025 0:39 Headward Erosion 1:21 Recent Expansion 2:00 River Erosion 3:04 3 Key Factors