Fortress of Solitude styled caves found in Mexico

[The Mike]

It looks like Superman's Fortress of Solitude and is nearly as hard to get into, but that hasn't stopped explorers from uncovering new secrets in and around Mexico's deep, deadly hot Cave of Crystals.


Outfitted with ice-cooled suits, teams have found biological mysteries, parallels with other planets, and the "Ice Palace," an unexplored cavern lined with rare crystal formations—and just in time too. Parts of the complex may soon be returned to their natural, submerged states.

LINK -Mexican Crystal Caves

 

[samueljd]

That looks really cool.

 

[Boba Ben]

 

[azurepred]

thats pretty amazing, hard to believe there are places like that that are still undiscovered

 

[MooMooEgg]

how does a cave with crystals like that even form? Craziness.

 

[Kal-El]

pretty kool

 

[Studio49]

how does a cave with crystals like that even form? Craziness.

Well, when a mommy cave and a daddy cave really love each other, they turn that love into a baby cave.




That's science.

 

[MrPickles]

Cool. Thanks for the link.

 

[Silent December]

 

[Mesa]

LINK -Mexican Crystal Caves

Sort of looks fake / photoshopped

 

[EdwardNashton1]

That is awesome. Will have to read the article later. Thanks for sharing!

 

[viezure]

Sort of looks fake / photoshopped

Not at all. Nature is pretty amazing

 

[Geil]

That is amazing! Reminds me a little of a scene in the movie the Core

 

[devilof76]

90% humidity at 118F.






That's hot.

 

[Kamandi]

The extreme humidity and heat mean your lungs would act like a cold soda can and begin to condense water as you breath. Stay in there long enough and you die of heat stroke or your lungs fill with fluid. Even with special suits geologists are only able to stay in there for 30 minutes, limiting their ability to explore them.

The caves are attached to privately owned silver mines and were discovered by accident. the crystals are gypsum (not a rare mineral) so the mine owners see no financial incentive to maintain the caves. Some day when the silver mine no longer produces, the mine will be shut down, and along with it the water pumps that make this cave accessible.

 

[wolvie9]

Thats pretty damn cool!!!

 

[Natrix]

The program on National Geographic Channel about these caves debuts on Sunday night.

https://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/into-the-lost-crystal-caves-4636/Overview

 

[OSCORP]

Cool.

 

[King Darkness]

90% humidity at 118F.






That's hot.

Thats what its like in my shorts. Its like an f'n rainforest down there


True Story

 

[Geil]

damn not on NatG Canada better hope someone put it on BT