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Title: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Jacob on September 10, 2013, 11:19:20 AM

Discovered a few years ago. Pretty cool:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/07/son-doong_n_3873341.html

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Syt on September 10, 2013, 11:20:32 AM

I thought this might be about Jaron's butt.

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Caliga on September 10, 2013, 11:27:46 AM

I read about that in National Geographic a few months ago. I love the jungle in the cave. Very Journey to the Center of the Earth-ish.

But.... 'world's largest cave'? I guess it depends how you define 'cave' but Mammoth Cave here in Kentucky is many orders of magnitude larger than that cave. :sleep:

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Berkut on September 10, 2013, 11:33:22 AM

I don't really understand the idea that this is a recently discovered cave with a collapsed roof and a jungle growing in it (which of course means it must be open to sunlight, and hence not really a cave anymore at all?).

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Jacob on September 10, 2013, 12:15:15 PM

:lol:

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: Berkut on September 10, 2013, 12:40:44 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o-iZ6WJeqhE

Pretty damn amazing.

I guess the parts where the ceiling collapsed and allowed the hungle to grow down inside were never discovered because it was, well, deep in the jungle?

Title: Re: World's Largest Cave
Post by: derspiess on September 10, 2013, 01:22:25 PM

Not even Charlie found it?

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