Explorers discover spectacular caves in Vietnam

derby378

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Mon Jan-03-11 09:36 PM
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Explorers discover spectacular caves in Vietnam

Source: Yahoo! News / National Geographic

For decades, geologists have known that Vietnam is home to some of the world's most spectacular caves, many of them largely unexplored. Now husband-and-wife cavers have documented perhaps the world's largest: Hang Son Doong, big enough in places to accommodate a New York City block of skyscrapers.

The cave in the Annamite Mountains contains a river and jungle (its name translates to "mountain river cave") and even its own thin clouds, and its end remains out of sight. It's part of a network of about 150 caves in central Vietnam near the Laotian border.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110103/ts_yblog_thelookout/explorers-discover-spectacular-caves-in-vietnam

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gtar100

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Mon Jan-03-11 10:04 PM
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1. And to think we were bombing this country; its people and their bit of earth.

Armies walk this world with heavy, lead feet, careless and mindless of the beauty and sacredness of nature around them. Thank god or good fortune we didn't destroy this land, as much as we tried.

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somone

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Mon Jan-03-11 10:12 PM
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2. Indeed

Vietnamese beach

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TexasProgresive

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Mon Jan-03-11 10:14 PM
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3. Too late- this was posted yesterday with photos

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x97160

Here's one:

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