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Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light

news.nationalgeographic.com — Crisscrossed with gems up to 36 feet (11 meters) long, Mexico's Cave of Crystals looks like nothing so much as Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

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  • Malchus89, on 01/26/2008, -2/+34Absolutely Amazing, I'll have to stop by...
  • ChileanGoD, on 01/26/2008, -11/+130Where's superman?

    edit:.. I just RTFA and they already used the joke... damn it.
    • Tyrghast, on 01/26/2008, -2/+7Damn i was just about to comment about how after 70 years they finally found the fortress of solitude...
    • KarthVader, on 01/26/2008, -10/+1Looks shopped like that other Nat. Geo. pic with the shark and the Blackhawk helicopter :)
    • dhughes, on 01/26/2008, -0/+5 That's always bugged me, the Fortress of Solitude was never like that in the comics, it was the first Superman movie with Christopher Reeve where they made it like that.
  • HiKevinRose, on 01/26/2008, -4/+13Cripes, and we haven't even explored most of the underground areas on earth. Imagine what other crazy stuff we haven't even seen. I can't wait for this place to open to the public.
    • Gutterpunk, on 01/26/2008, -0/+13http://naica.laventa.it/naica-crystal-cave.en.html
      You need to be a researcher, and chances are that it will never be open to the public. Previous experience with a cave like this were apparently disastreous (the crystals became opaque in a short period of time because of the change in temperature and humudity)
    • theprez, on 01/26/2008, -0/+4Actually you can arrange a visit to the Cueva de los Cristales mine. I found these rules and translated them:
      1. To enjoy your visit, you shall obey the following rules. We reserve the right for admittance.
      2. Every visitor will be evaluated by a doctor who will approve the visit (or not). No pregnant women, diabetics, or people who suffer hypertension allowed.
      3. For security reasons only people 16 to 65 years old will be addmitted.
      4. Vistors will be accompanied by company personnel.
      5. The visitor must wear normal pants, shirt or T-shirt. The company will provide security equipment.
      6. The temperature in the cave is 46ºC with 90% humidity. The body feels an approximate temperature of 54ºC. The company will not be held responsible for how the visitor is affected by these conditions.
      7. Visitors will travel in pairs.
      8. It is strictly forbidden to go beyond the cement floor or to touch, take a sample of, or scratch the crystals.
      9. No smoking or loitering.
      10. No photo cameras allowed into the cave.
      11. You should not be in the cave for more than 10 minutes to prevent dehydration.
      12. It is recommended you take an electrolyte-rich beverage to compensate for the excessive sweating in the cave. An extra shirt is recommended as well.

      Well that's it... google Cueva de los Cristales for more info.
    • aMammoth, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1I believe that they are going to let it fill back up with water, at least thats what I read 6 months ago in Pop Sci
  • DjRivas, on 01/26/2008, -14/+4I wonder how much their worth..
    • Gutterpunk, on 01/26/2008, -0/+12It's gypsum, I assume that they are worth their weight in drywall and chalk.
      They are probably worth more as a tourists attraction than raw.
    • anagoge, on 01/26/2008, -2/+17They're*
  • bubbazanetti, on 01/26/2008, -12/+8That photo seems so April 2007.
  • borez, on 01/26/2008, -4/+4What is it with those sodding adverts that come right across the page when your trying to read something. Please stop it, it not all about buying stuff you know?
    • tuxerware, on 01/26/2008, -1/+13Install adblock and you don't have to see them again.
      • borez, on 01/26/2008, -10/+4Yeah but I find adblock screws with a lot of other *****
        • Toupee, on 01/26/2008, -3/+6I don't.
        • LeeSoong, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Update your copy of Firefox to the latest stable version, then add in AdBlock and FlashBlock
      • Ataxia2008, on 01/26/2008, -4/+1I don't. You must be severely retarded
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 01/26/2008, -5/+87It looked cooler in THE CORE.

    Naw, I'm just kiddding -- there's nothing cool at all about THE CORE.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 01/26/2008, -0/+3Damn straight.
    • ChromaVita, on 01/26/2008, -5/+11I totally made out during that movie. The only redeeming quality it had.
    • Dragular, on 01/26/2008, -1/+11If you completely turn off your mind while you watch it, it's not horrible.
      • fyngyrz, on 01/26/2008, -3/+1Just like everything on television. Especially the news.

        Every once in a while there's a movie that doesn't suck, though.
    • reva, on 01/26/2008, -2/+2except the caps lock
  • raintheory, on 01/26/2008, -3/+9neat stuff...
    the article is however from April of 2007.
    still cool, regardless.
  • Kentj1, on 01/26/2008, -2/+26Anyone remember Crystal Caves on DOS?
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=iE9GVn2mjs8
  • nunquam, on 01/26/2008, -1/+64I want bring in a laser and turn off the lights so bad.
    • twishart, on 01/26/2008, -2/+0You could blind everyone with one pen laser. It's the 16 year old WWE fan's wet dream.
  • Hitchhiker90, on 01/26/2008, -1/+28Son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!
  • mestefantro, on 01/26/2008, -12/+2Where's superman?

    edit: I didn't read it..
  • Locke23, on 01/26/2008, -2/+4Noooo! They just completely ruined the ending to the "Batman-Superman Movie"
  • kingofinternet, on 01/26/2008, -8/+2this is where ron paul goes to harness the power of the earth.
  • sdellboy, on 01/26/2008, -1/+7"And in further news it is believed the first members of the public to show an interest in visiting the caves are middle-aged female hippies wanting to use the place to boost their ailing crystal therapy businesses...."
  • MikeinLoFi, on 01/26/2008, -2/+3reminds me of the caves on Planet Earth.
    • Agalychnis, on 01/26/2008, -5/+0this cave is on planet earth... Cool show and all, but it's a bit world.
  • toasty168, on 01/26/2008, -1/+323 hits of acid and you've got yourself an adventure you'll never forget
    • spineaches, on 01/26/2008, -2/+1i wus gonna say, that place wuld be suuch a trip.. ;)
  • sremick, on 01/26/2008, -10/+9Dupe:
    http://digg.com/environment/Giant_crystal_cave_in_ ...
    • MacBandit, on 01/26/2008, -0/+4Buried as such!
    • LaerrusFish, on 01/27/2008, -1/+1Ooooh the dupe police.
      It's the first time I have seen it and many others.
      who cares about seeing an article twice, just don't read it the second time!
      -and waste even more time posting in comments about it's dupe-ness
  • SocketNine3Nine, on 01/26/2008, -1/+13the crystals cave in Un' Goro?
    • zephyr42, on 01/26/2008, -0/+8oh god.... i really wish i didn't know what you were talking about
  • Brodels, on 01/26/2008, -2/+15Are you sure they aren't midget miners?
  • DiggCommando, on 01/26/2008, -0/+6For some reason it reminds me of a level from Lemmings.
  • moontime, on 01/26/2008, -9/+4Beautiful! I bet the energy in there is amazing as well.
  • dumpyhumpy, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Crystal Caves was my favorite dos based mining adventure in 1994. Troubles with twibbles.
  • seriatim, on 01/26/2008, -2/+2These would look so cool if that guy would just get out of the way.
    • LaerrusFish, on 01/27/2008, -0/+1without the person in the shot how would you know how big they were?
  • Hypermarkalan, on 01/26/2008, -0/+4Boring. It needs some polar bears rasslin' Brainiac.
    Oh, and a giant spider, too.
  • alexidigg, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2my eyes just popped when i saw that image... looks so much like a cgi!
  • c1rcasurv1ve, on 01/26/2008, -7/+2Fortress of Solitude?
    • nimajneb18, on 01/26/2008, -1/+0Exactly what i was thinking. Version 2 maybe. Or his holiday home. Or where he would hang out with Supergirl or the justice league. or where his father sent him when he was a bad kal-el
  • dylangaine, on 01/26/2008, -3/+51hey look! a cave thats been untouched for over 1000 years, lets go in and mess it up!
    • pe5t1lence, on 01/26/2008, -3/+1The Cave has stayed at a steamy 136 F...then in 2000 it was discovered when the water was pumped out"
    • tdous, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Hey look! There might be an interesting and/or beautiful cave in there. Let's just leave it, and everything else we ever find, alone and imagine what it might be like!
  • mogebier, on 01/26/2008, -9/+1And you can almost NOT see the photoshop halo's around all the people.
    • Ogedei, on 01/26/2008, -1/+4These are real, it's not a photoshop job, it's on national geopgraphic of christ's sake.
      • mogebier, on 01/26/2008, -8/+1And no news or scientific organization has ever embellished their pictures. Suuuuuuure.
  • EvolvedAnt, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Anyone have links to original size photos that haven't been shrunk to a size that does not even maintain the original aspect ratio?
  • stackered, on 01/26/2008, -0/+7Oooh. Shiny.
  • DarkDx, on 01/26/2008, -4/+1Just imagine if they were actually zaphire, etc.
  • usingpond, on 01/26/2008, -3/+1With this and other natural beauties and resources, how does that country manage to still be so ***** up?
    • Furkle, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2because cars don't run on gypsum crystals and rainbows?
  • panterium83261, on 01/26/2008, -1/+0those are lightsaber crystals like in KOTOR 2
    • Phil1ip123, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1You're gonna need one big ***** lightsaber to fit one of those crystals in there.
  • Jeezoflip, on 01/26/2008, -1/+2...wow
  • mesoholy, on 01/26/2008, -3/+1Now, let's destroy it!
  • chubbybubba, on 01/26/2008, -5/+2I KNOW ITS REAL but the pictures really look fake. It looks like they pasted a picture of a construction worker in the middle of a microscopic slide. If it is a cave, those guys in the picture surely don't look like climbers, they look like beer bellied construction workers.
  • MadOgre, on 01/26/2008, -4/+3Whoa. That is truly impressive. Funny how Mexico has such amazing natural resources... yet the country is total ***** because of the top down infusion of corruption in their government. Same thing with Africa.
    • dilibau, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2how about the US? Are Bush or Cheney better than Afrian or Mexican leaders?
  • amanilaenvelope, on 01/26/2008, -4/+1and so as the explorers continue to wonder in amazement, superman comes out in his boxers "hey get out of room!"
    • Malchus89, on 01/26/2008, -1/+3Suddenly Superman omits words from his sentences?
      • tdous, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1He jumped really high just then. They didn't hear it.
  • Corrosionx, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1"It's no use! Use the Crystal!"
  • andstone, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2god, it would be such a bitch to fall walking around in there
  • peppaz, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1Sweet, now we can finally make functional lightsabers.
    I really thought the Jedi temple would have been hidden a little better...

    /clone wars
  • Ingulit, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1I remember this from National Geographic from about a year ago. I wanted to turn it into a video game level of some sort, back then. (I'd dabbled in 3D modeling)
  • djohnmalkovich2, on 01/26/2008, -6/+3Photoshoped lol
  • pitlord, on 01/26/2008, -4/+1Shhh, don't tell the hippies or they'll invade and destroy it with their patchouli oil stink.
    X^P
    • fuze44, on 01/26/2008, -3/+0Dude, we must be on the same brainwave. My first thought was, "Don't tell the hippies."
  • cavie2002, on 01/26/2008, -1/+2no thats just paris hiltons crack supply house
  • lavantin, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Oh my God, they found the place where Steven Seagal's songs came from!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_the_Crysta ...
  • jpn1003, on 01/26/2008, -0/+2Mr. Superman no here. No.
    http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/81706/detail/
  • djreed, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1The magic schoolbus travels into the center of some rock candy!
  • EdwinJ85, on 01/26/2008, -0/+1"...they could be a great people, they wish to be... they only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all... I have sent them you, my only son."

    (cue john williams superman theme)
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