Underground crystals

porphy · 09-12-09, 03:02 PM

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

Looks like a scfi-movie.

Skybird · 09-12-09, 03:26 PM

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

Dowly · 09-12-09, 06:41 PM

Video shot from inside the cave:

Platapus · 09-12-09, 06:45 PM

Yes it does look like a sci fi movie.

The beauty of nature never fails to impress me

Skybird · 09-12-09, 07:16 PM

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...

09-12-09, 07:27 PM

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

09-12-09, 03:02 PM	#1
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Underground crystals 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 Looks like a scfi-movie. __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

09-12-09, 03:26 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,717 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	And along came Porphy, bringing a huge, big hammer with him... __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-12-09, 06:45 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Yes it does look like a sci fi movie. The beauty of nature never fails to impress me __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-12-09, 07:16 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,717 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-12-09, 06:41 PM	#3
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Video shot from inside the cave:

09-12-09, 07:27 PM	#6
darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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