The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       11 Sep 2009       17873       17 GALLERY VIEW

Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of the Crystals) is a cave of the Naica Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The chamber contains giant selenite crystals, some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave's largest crystal is 11 m (36 ft) in length, 4 m (13 ft) in diameter and 55 tons in weight. The cave is about 30 m (98 ft) in length, 10 m (33 ft) in width and almost 300 meters (900 feet) below the surface of the Earth. It is extremely hot in the cave with air temperatures reaching up to 43 °C (109 °F) with 90 to 100 percent humidity. The hot temperature is due to the proximity of a magma chamber.
The cave is relatively unexplored because humans can only survive for approximately ten minutes without proper protection and only 45 with special equipment. Add to that the risk of falling into deep pits, ending impaled on a sharp crystal…


1 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

2 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

3 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

4 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

5 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

6 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

7 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

8 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

9 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

10 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

11 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

12 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

13 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

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19 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

20 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

21 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

22 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

23 The Crystal Cave of Giants – as beautiful as it is dangerous (27 pics)

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Morpheus 14 year s ago
Awesome man!! clapping
       
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lolipop 14 year s ago
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nat 14 year s ago
I think it'd be awesome to go in there
       
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Xeno 14 year s ago
I wanna see this for real! clapping
       
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H-K 14 year s ago
incredible! what a place 36
       
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jackspratstalk 14 year s ago
I find it wonderful that there are real places like this on our earth... it makes me believe in the beauty and amazing things that our planet has to offer us...

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gaalar 14 year s ago
41 lkhg wysmienite
       
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severe_009 14 year s ago
So beautifu... Alien like world... n_tongue
       
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LOL-GUY 14 year s ago
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beautiful n_wink
       
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Adedrikoti 14 year s ago
Great site. Keep doing.,
       
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Galalian 14 year s ago
Perfect work!,
       
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beautiful dance3
       
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olivia 14 year s ago
hi crystal cave is awesome i eish that i worked there it would be fun to i think 41
       
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