Mexico's Crystal Cave--truly unbelieveable.

[panader0]

[Wounded Bear]

1. Amazing...thanks for the link!

[FakeNoose]

2. How can they walk through this cave without destroying it?

It all seems quite fragile but I guess they have already tested for weight tolerances, etc.
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is the perfect music too.

[Kali]

3. it has probably filled back up with water by now

I think the mining company that owned it quit pumping out the water that allowed access to it at all.

[SergeStorms]

5. I remember seeing a program...

about these caves, and researchers can't remain in them for over 60 minutes (or some short period of time such as that) because the temperatures are ghastly high down there. Even with oxygen tanks they can only remain for short periods of time. Too bad. Poking around in there would be amazing! Some of those crystals have been growing for millions of years. What am I talking about? God put those crystals there 6,000 years ago. Silly me!

[nocoincidences]

4. The cave sits over a magma chamber

and the temp inside is super hot, like 130+ F.

It is generally open to only scientists.

[kimbutgar]

6. I went to one of these caves in the Barbados.

They illuminated it with colorful lights. But it was still nerve racking wondering if one if those crystals could fall down on you.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Going to Barbados next month. Did you like it?

Any tips?

[kimbutgar]

10. I was on a cruise and that's the only place we went to that was kid friendly

At the time they had some adult beaches I heard about from some single adults I met.

[blaze]

7. Here's another video with a bit of info

[BigmanPigman]

13. Cool!

[KT2000]

14. thanks for posting this

had no idea about this!!

[calimary]

8. Wow! A real loss de "Fortress of Solitude"!

[Fla Dem]

11. Awesome. Otherworldly.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Incredible!

However, I would feel so claustrophobic in an underground cave with that kind of heat and humidity. I don't think I could take it. Very cool to look at, though.