caves
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Check Out The Staggering Size And Beauty Of The World’s Largest Cave
Wow. Ryan Deboodt took a drone inside Hang Son Doong in Vietnam, also known as the world’s largest cave, and captured stunning footage that shows off a world that looks like no other. You get a sense of the size of the place — the biggest chamber is 5km long, 200m high and 150m wide…
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Dive Into The World’s Biggest Cave
Our species owes a lot to caves. The natural rock formations have been homes, religious sites, art galleries, and graveyards for humanity’s earliest ancestors. The July issue of National Geographic magazine delves into some of the planet’s most expansive cave systems, located in the wilds of China.
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This Diver Is Cradling A 12,000-Year-Old Skull In An Underwater Cave
Inside a cave so deep and dark it’s called Hoyo Negro, or Spanish for “black hole”, divers are transporting a 12,000-year-old skull for 3D scanning. The skull belongs to one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in the Americas. Lucky for us, the expedition was documented with an entire set of stunning…
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Why This Small Town Is The Mushroom Capital Of The World
To grow mushrooms is to let things rot, so something’s a lot of things are rotten in the US state of Pennsylvania. The Atlantic’s deep dive into the dark side of truffles last week got us wondering about their more prosaic cousins: the portobellos and white buttons you find shrink-wrapped at the supermarket.