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One of my pet peeves is that every cave which is also a tourist destination is illuminated in completely garish colors. What's wrong with a soft, incandescent yellow or white?

h8 caves

anyone that spends time "exploring" these natural gates to the underworld deserve to be devoured by the nameless horrors that dwell within them imo

http://blog.clintphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mawikwe-sea-caves-web.jpg

the entrance to hell iirc
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/40604279_56d09c4a33.jpg?v=0

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/04/arts/Descent600.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zail7Gdqro

^^ the best (and scariest) cave of them all imo

Ive been to Jenolan caves a few times as a kid. Went once on a school excursion during a heatwave - it was 46C outside but freezing in the cave! And damp and scary. At one point they stood us in one large room then turned all the lighting off. I've never experienced such deep, relentless dark before. It's hard to explain.

The smell of caves is creepy. I'm also claustrophpbic and have a terror of being trapped underground. Caves are cool though.

yeah I remember they turned the lights off in the big room too!!

i remember "cathedral"??

Thats what I was thinking as well... hahaha when did you go? I went in sixth class so geez it must have been like 1982 or something I think.

Probably baot 1995

Nice to know theyre keeping up traditions then ;)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-crystals-cave/

O_O

Oh man that is awesome.

Wow, this is Krypton.

Putting a pit from JtM's link here because this is seriously one of the wildest things I've ever seen:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-crystals-cave/images/primary/crystal-cave-1.jpg

pic not pit, obv.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-crystals-cave/images/primary/crystal-cave-2b.jpg

This is just amazing.

Oh wow that is some Journey to the Centre of the Earth stuff.

crystal cave is my new favorite thing

great thread. cathedralic earths.

the world is a crazy place.

oh hi this thread

LOL here I was going "woah" at that pic on crut's FB not remembering I'd done so on this thread a year back >_<

Caves! Awesome things. But oh god my claustrophbia and fear of being buried alive (why? I do not kno)

more vietnam cave pics from national geo. pretty far fuckin' out, man:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography

Flame jugglers
Gold and silver mines
Cliff Divers
Caverns and caves filled with stalactites and stalagmites
Chiquita the angry Gorilla
The Sheriff and Bad Guy Black Bart shoot-em-up
Amusement arcade
Governor's Mansion
Gran Vista Casa El Mercado - a shopper's delight
Strolling Mariachis
Puppets, magicians, games, prizes and more
Authentic Mexican dancers

Lechguilla:

http://whatafinecave.com/assets/Images/bunnell/balllroom6.jpg

Škocjan cave in Slovenia:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nDgv2Twj21E/THQyD7u7SgI/AAAAAAAAGFc/9KzHZ8B4-yQ/s1600/Cerkvenik-bridge-skocjan-caves.jpg
http://www.infomobil.org/files/infomobil_images/kocjanske_jame.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/1980380.jpg

I have been to this cave. During the tour, the guide turns off the lights to demonstrate how dark it is and holy fuck, the darkness penetrates your soul.

my heart fluttered looking at those — wow

all awesome

kate78, what cave is that?

It's Škocjan in Slovenia. Postojna is another big cave in Slovenia and it has a chamber that has been used a concert hall:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Burger_Postojnska_Koncertna_dvorana.jpg

thread title for the ages imo

theres some movie coming out that takes place inside a cave ive seen the trailer

I think Werner Herzog is making some kind of 3D caving documentary. Are you thinking of that?

I saw the 3D cave movie at TIFF. 'Tweren't bad.

this is it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgW7L2uq2VM

i wanna F*CK a sexy cave!!!!

wld spelunk

i dont know why every one inside the cave is australian

Goddamn that Slovenian cave is great. I want to go there!!!

I think I need to start planning some cave viewing trips.

oh the NG vietnam pics - incredible. It's mindblowing that these are things that exist.

ilx cave tour '11

:D

http://i52.tinypic.com/wly7w3.jpg

The deepest known cave pit in the continental United States, Fantastic Pit in Georgia's Ellison's Cave descends 586 feet (179 meters) straight down.

that is so nuts

oh my god

TS: Best season for caves?

I don't think I've ever been to a cave in the winter. I like the thought that it would be warmer underground than outside.

thre's a small cave on the other side of the island i live on:
http://gradygillan.com/assets_d/22192/portfolio_media/lwsm_gfghhj_4607.jpg

old news probably but this is the best shit ever

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799305/

i don't think i've said 'no fucking way' out loud to myself as many times in 50 mins

Oh man I haven't watched that since it first came out. Have to change that.

Awesome glow worm cave!!!

I can't get over how beautiful it is.

These are the caves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitomo_Glowworm_Caves

Very cool. Thanks for that