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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 06:55 PM Dec 2013

Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave

First published: National Geographic June 2010

Summary: Filming in the Giant Crystal Cave, one of the deadliest places on the planet. For BBC series 'How Earth Made Us' & National Geographic Series 'How The Earth Changed History'.

A Deadly Cave

It's 50 oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a couple of hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own.

http://www.ironammonite.com/2009/12/surviving-cueva-de-los-cristales-giant.html


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Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave (Original Post) Xipe Totec Dec 2013 OP
Stunningly beautiful Stargazer09 Dec 2013 #1
WOW! Scuba Dec 2013 #2
Great video! Thanks for adding it! nt Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #3
K&R to the greatest page! Control-Z Dec 2013 #4
That's 122 degrees in Murrican. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #5
Have they found Merlin yet? NV Whino Dec 2013 #6
Stunning! neverforget Dec 2013 #7
VIDEO: Into The Lost Crystal Caves (Full) freshwest Dec 2013 #8
What's the source of the high temps in the cave? theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #9
Wow. Just wow. Thanks to all for this. nt 7962 Dec 2013 #10
It's Kyrpton sakabatou Dec 2013 #11

Stargazer09

(2,132 posts)
1. Stunningly beautiful
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 07:00 PM
Dec 2013

I wonder how many similar caves are waiting to be found. Our planet never ceases to amaze me.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
8. VIDEO: Into The Lost Crystal Caves (Full)
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 12:13 AM
Dec 2013


This is the full video that the OP clip mentions. IDK how long it will stay up on youtube, but it's been there over a year now, so settle back with some popcorn and enjoy the movie.

Says in this the caves are connected, mentions one in Iran and Israel. That's on the other side of the Earth. I'm sure if they meant that literally, it would mean the Earth underground isn't what we've been taught.

Wonder if there are connections beneath many important places. And also if these had anything to do with sounds recorded by NASA of Earth from space. No doubt, they inspired the Hollow Earth stories.

I've worked in executive suites of oil companies. In one company, they occupied the top floor of a modern high rise office building. There were a number of huge crystals, stunning in size and color. It was something I'll never forget seeing. Most of my specimens from picking out of crystal formations down the side of cliffs, rappeling, or visting caves with my geology field trips weren't large.

Later I spoke with a former miner about the crystals I'd seen at this energy CEO's offices. He spoke with awe in his voice, saying he'd had the 'privilege' of working in such mines and there were many things beyond the minerals and ores they were sent to take to the surface for commerce.

I'd love to get a DVD of this, but I've found some from the UK won't play on American players. Maybe they will on the computer, IDK.

Thanks for the thread leading me to this video.


theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
9. What's the source of the high temps in the cave?
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 08:12 AM
Dec 2013

Such an amazing, stunningly beautiful sight... and such a shame we won't have it much longer.

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