Underground crystals

[porphy]

Amazing place. Holds the worlds biggest crystals. Not easy to visit though! Warm, humid and 300m underground. Probably feels like being at crush depth...

Crystal Cave of Giants (http://www.stormchaser.ca/Caves/Naica/Naica.html)

Looks like a scfi-movie. :yep:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/Porphyr/1_popup.jpg



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/Porphyr/article-1081072-02464596000005DC-28.jpg

[Skybird]

And along came Porphy, bringing a huge, big hammer with him... :D

[Dowly]

Video shot from inside the cave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k22meEcTBM

[Platapus]

Yes it does look like a sci fi movie.

The beauty of nature never fails to impress me :yeah:

[Skybird]

J.G. Ballard: The Crystal World.

SF novel, 1966.

P.S.
Damn, just found out the guy died April this year, age 79. He was quite prominent a writer, though considered as somewhat controversial. But Crystal World always has fascinated me for the visual imagination of this end of the world. It may be the end, but a visually beautiful one...

[darius359au]

Not sure if this is the same cave or another one, (Apparently there's 2 of them in the same area), But the crystals have claimed a Darwin Award http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2001-10.html :D

[SteamWake]

That is absolutly freakin awsome ! :rock:

[MothBalls]

When Superman comes home and finds a bunch of explorers in his house, he's gonna be pissed.

[GoldenRivet]

When Superman comes home and finds a bunch of explorers in his house, he's gonna be pissed.

LOL:salute: