#speology

[dawefincher]

Cueva del Fantasma , discovered 6 years ago in a jungle of southern Venezuela. Those two spots on the floor are actually helicopters!

#speology #amazing #geology #waterfall #nature

[yvespink]

Exploring the amazing underground rivers of Riviera Maya, Rio Secreto, Mexico

#caving #speology #Tourism #geology #underground river

[chantasticart]

Exploring Abismo Anhumas in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

#speology #caving #Tourist Attraction #Stalactites #stalagmites

[supthemes]

Beauty of the underground, Katale Khor Cave, Iran

#speology #amazing #beautiful #iranian #persia

[medschoolapphell]

A diver threads the needle through a stalagmite forest in Dan’s Cave on Abaco Island, Bahamas

#speology #explorer #island #geology #minerals

[michaelcerasofficial]

by Carllylz on Flickr.The beautiful chambers and underground river of Harrison’s Cave in Barbados.

#speology #caving #river #stalagmites #Stalactites

[dimensionsintime]

by Armchair Caver on Flickr.Calcite Gour Pool in Harwood’s Hole, Takaka Hill, New Zealand.

#speology #caving #travel #cave #takaka hill

[stuffinsweets]

by Carllylz on Flickr.The beautiful chambers and underground river of Harrison’s Cave in Barbados.

#speology #caving #river #stalagmites #Stalactites

[notrebellefrance]

Grotte de Clamouse - Saint-Jean-de-Fos - Hérault

Site classé par le Ministère de l’Écologie est un lieu incontournable du tourisme en Occitanie, au cœur des Gorges de l'Hérault. Une diversité de paysages souterrains quasi unique en Europe ! Internationalement connue pour la richesse de ses concrétions (notamment les très rares cristaux d'aragonite et excentriques), la Clamouse constitue un voyage féérique hors du temps ...

CLAMOUSE, LE MYTHE DE LA CAVERNE

La source et la grotte de Clamouse doivent leur nom au terme languedocien “clamousa" (clameuse ou hurleuse), en raison du bruit de l’eau de la rivière souterraine lors des crues.

Une légende rapporte aussi qu’un jeune berger du Causse avait pris pour habitude de faire parvenir à sa pauvre mère une brebis de son troupeau en précipitant celle-ci dans un abîme du Causse d’où l’eau souterraine la transportait jusqu’à la résurgence en contrebas. Un jour, c’est le corps de son fils que la mère y trouva… Folle de douleur, elle aurait erré longtemps aux abords de la grotte en poussant des clameurs désespérées.

Ce type de légende est, à quelques variations près, très fréquent dans toutes les régions calcaires où existent des circulations d’eaux souterraines.

Ceci confirme que les habitants de ces régions ont eu très tôt conscience de la relation directe existant entre les résurgences des vallées et les gouffres et points d’infiltration des eaux sur les plateaux et montagnes environnants.

https://www.clamouse.com/fr/accueil/

#grotte #speology #original photographers #photography #photographers on tumblr #photographe #photo #france #villagedefrance #tourism #francephotography #occitanie #tourisme #ancient village #monument

[pierdutaintimpsispatiu]

🏔 The crystal cave ⛰

The fountain of truth, the pot of gold under the rainbow, the water of life... all these are fairy tales places we wish would be real. The crystal cave, though sounding as if would fit on the list, is a real place. The speleology specialists have attested only three such nature phenomena in the world. And one is in eastern Europe. Romania, more precisely.

A unique beauty in the world of geology, the crystal cave was found by mistake inside a bauxite mine gallery. The extraction of bauxite had to stop when the miners reached a hollow space, with no previous contact to the exterior. The walls broke, rushing the miners out and the scientists in.

What they discovered caused marvel and awe to slip in their minds. Crystals. Beautiful, growing crystals, shining majestically on the roof, on the walls, on the flor. Soon, the speleologists learned the matter they were made of: calcium carbonate. They grow 1 (one) millimeter per year IF THEY REMAIN UNTOUCHED. ANY CONTACT WITH THE EXTERIOR, INCLUDING HUMAN TOUCH, WILL CAUSE THEM TO CEASE GROWING. It would be a shame. Even more so, considering the cave is 3 (three) million years old and managed to survive to this day. It should survive at least another three million years.

The mine is called Farcu. It's located in Bihor, Rosia, Romania. The extraction of bauxite has been stopped upon the discovery of the crystal cave, but in present days, both are open to visits.

The entrance to the cave leads tourists through the former galleries of mine Farcu, where a mini museum presents the tools the miners used and the matter they would extract. And then... magic! Tourists step inside the surreal place, greeted by stalactites, stalagmites, columns and diverse (some odd, some artsy, some funny, some for the soul) shapes made by the crystals during the many years they grew in peace.

#romania #romanisme #tourism #crystal cave #in romania #bihor #oh nature... isn't she beautiful #caves #crystals #geology #speology #cavecore #naturecore #natureblr #crystal

[cheeseburgerdanvers]

Yiliang Jiuxiang Scenic Area in Kunming, China

#speology #hiking #travel #Tourism #gorge

[hylasims]

by Brenton Sewart on Flickr.Phong Nha Cave Entrance in Quang Binh province, Vietnam.

#speology #travel #limestone #Tourism #karst

[williamholmes]

Beauty of the underground, Katale Khor Cave, Iran

#speology #amazing #beautiful #iranian #persia

[chantasticart]

Exploring the amazing underground rivers of Riviera Maya, Rio Secreto, Mexico

#caving #speology #Tourism #geology #underground river

[rodenbeard]

“Ruskeala gap caves, Karelia / Russia .”

#Rossiya #speology #karelia #adventure #ice

[grokwrites]

Entrance to Macocha Propast Abyss in Vyvery Punkvy Nature Reserve / Czech Republic

#Tschechien #speology #Tourism #Adventure #europe