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It's hard to imaginethe devastation inflicted 66 million years ago. ♪ ♪ To uncover the true extentof the catastrophe......scientists studygeological clues it left behind. ♪ ♪ CHRIS LOWERY:I'm standing in this beautifulgeological formation called a cenote. Cenote is a Mayan word which means"a hole filled with water." These cenotes form as rainwater trickles throughcracks in the rock, slowly eroding those cracks, and they get wider and wideruntil they collapse, and a big sinkhole forms
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It's hard to imagine the devastation
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inflicted 66 million years ago
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To uncover the true extent of the catastrophe
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scientists study geological clues it left behind
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CHRIS LOWERY I'm standing in this beautiful geological formation
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called a cenote
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Cenote is a Mayan word
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which means a hole filled with water
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These cenotes form
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as rainwater trickles through cracks in the rock
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slowly eroding those cracks
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and they get wider and wider until they collapse
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and a big sinkhole forms
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