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So, caves. Sorta ridiculously frightening and amazing at the same time. They just found the world's biggest in Vietnam:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/worlds-biggest-cave-pictures/images/primary/090724-03-son-doong-cave-vietnam_big.jpg

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/worlds-biggest-cave-pictures/images/primary/090724-02-biggest-cave-vietnam_big.jpg

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/worlds-biggest-cave-pictures/images/primary/090724-01-biggest-cave_big.jpg

Let's post pictures of awesome caves.

http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/81/17/0000038117_20070301141523.jpg

http://image40.webshots.com/41/5/91/4/2701591040026186812uLWvvm_ph.jpg
I live in the CAVE STATE.

x-post That one was in Belize ^.

This one is in Hungary:

http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/aggtelek-karst-and-slovak-karst-caves.jpg
http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/caves-of-aggtelek-karst-and-slovak-karst-1.jpg

The only thing more awesome than caves is underwater caves

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/11-the-race-to-find-the-world.s-biggest-underwater-caves/spelunk1.jpg

http://www.calidex.com/Journeys/Archives/AustralasiaOceania07/NiueCave.jpg

awesome set of photos here from ukraine cave expedition:

http://mplot.livejournal.com/3969.html

Another in Vietnam:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/346050429_c4758b8f74.jpg

It's so amazing.

the caves episode of planet earth is totally the best.

underwater caves freak me out

tho these are all beautiful btw

Underwater caves are incredibly freaky but still just beautiful.

South Africa:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/503519301_ba6a3d2c6a.jpg

Also yeah the Caves episode of Planet Earth was great.

^^ LOOK AT THAT!

I love this cave in Lanzarote.
http://protopopescu.org/dan/Travel/Canaries/Lanzarote/med/Reflection_-_Cuevas_de_los_Verdes.med.jpg

The bottom half is water.

Also after you walked about a kilometre underground you come to a concert hall with a piano in it.
http://www.cabildodelanzarote.com/Uploads/img/20070213104105164.jpg
It's awesome.

I went caving a lot in college (Indiana, Buckner Caves) and would spend whole days down there with friends. I really enjoyed it.

I would have thought someone would have posted that Achewood strip by now tbh.

http://www.speleogenesis.info/archive/sg6/artId3265/img/Colllina-Girard_Photo3_LR.jpg

Watch out behind you
http://www.neurotranscendence.com/wp-content/uploads/descent.jpg

That one that Ned posted in Lanzarote, I've been somewhere else with a concert hall in it. Gibraltar, maybe?

Had intended to do a boat trip to this cave this year, but haven't got round to it yet. Soon.

http://agrandesrasgos.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fingals_cave_entrance_staffa.jpg

Woah, huge.

Ah, was Gibraltar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Cave#Auditorium

Ethiopia:

http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/22367/120641/f/829070-Sof-Omar-Caves-1.jpg

Barbados:

http://www.gov.bb/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/1565398.JPG

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/daredevil-mike-wells-to-freedive-australias-longest-ocean-cave/story-e6freuy9-1225754925411

fuck doing that^

if tl;dr'd it's a dude who's going to swim a 120m underwater cave without scuba gear

No, I read it and holy shit WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO THAT?!

Caves RULE! if you can light them properly and there aren't weird mutant-creatures living inside of them.

<3 this thread

Watch out behind you - o man, that movie is so awesome. I watch a lot of scary movies, so I have generally been desensitized to them (I actually wish I were scared more than I am) The Descent genuinely gave me the creeps. Not recommended for anyone with claustrophobia.

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/echo_bunnymen/ocean_hi.jpg

lol i just got the thread title

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/family-vacations-blanchard-springs-caverns-1.jpg

It's pretty obvious here, but at Blanchard Springs Caverns located about two hours north of here, they always spotlight this feature and ask, "Do you see the ship?" And about half of the tour group always looks around and goes "The fuck is she talking about?"

Jenolan Caves, teh world's oldest caves

http://images.theage.com.au/ftage/ffximage/2008/10/31/Jenolan_Caves_wideweb__470x314,0.jpg

I've always loved that Echo & the Bunnymen cover

i've never been in a cave tbh

i think after ATP next year I might go cavin in the catskillz

I would go into a cave as long as it's safe and awesome and not scary and treacherous.

I have only been to Jenolan Caves.

http://www.amcs.org.au/images/fish%20rock%20cave-cross-section-med.jpg

cross-section of what dude is going to dive

Crazy.

I've been to Howe Caverns which is in the Catskills but I think that's it.

This picture makes it look like the boat scene in C & The Choc Factory:

http://burnettcabin.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/homepage.jpg

This is another of the first cave in Vietnam. Look closely and you can see a guy towards the back. It really gives you a sense of how big it is!

http://davemark.com/images/cave.jpg

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

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

Have you seen this ENBB?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270444/

It's old, but the trailer looks ok/

Oh, I haven't but I'll check it out for sure.

http://i54.tinypic.com/1zwge2f.png

i want to go to there

From: http://www.behance.net/samebody/frame/6439573

Natalie Avseenko and PHOTOTEAM.PRO undertook a new art-project in Ordynskaya Cave next to Perm city, Russia. Natalie had series of freediving session inside one of the largest gypsum caves. There was dark and cold (the water temperature was around +5C, the outside temperature was -35C), there was no chance to get to the surface and took a breath, there was roof above her all the time. Natalie, holding her breath and overcoming all the challenges she faced with, acted as the spirit of the cave who was kind, with big soul, caring... There is a legend that there is a Lady of the Cave who is very beautiful and charming. The lady is taking care of all the divers entering that incredible "natural cathedral". So, Natalie, literally speaking, had to settle down in the cave and she managed to do that.

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles6/362809/projects/6439573/8d94fb5c74ca2e677d7017e42c5ae03d.jpg

The warning sign is great "PREVENT YOUR DEATH. GO NO FARTHER"

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles6/362809/projects/6439573/6c129ba8f48e467027c439becabfcf23.jpg

Ice caves.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/frozen-lake-reveals-secluded-ice-caves-180949470/?no-ist

looks beautiful but not risking my life to see a cave

no accompanying sunny pleasure-dome, no deal

underwater caves freak me out

― mark cl, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:33 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There are not enough ways to say YES.

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-pdb/69339/8ec05e70-3232-4d6f-bec9-cc1d80abb3bb/s1200

!!GLOW WORM CAVE!!

(New Zealand)

hell yea

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