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The Lost Forest World of the World’s Largest Cave
mysteriousuniverse.org ^ | September 16, 2014 | Brent Swancer

Posted on 09/16/2014 8:13:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin

In 1991, a local farmer by the name of Ho Khanh was walking along a stretch of lush forest within the heart of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province, near the border between Laos and Vietnam....when suddenly the jungle floor opened up beneath him and Mr. Khanh only barely managed to hold on as the ground crumbled beneath him.... By pure chance and blind luck, this man had discovered an entrance that had remained hidden from man for millions of years into what would turn out to be the largest cave in the world, a behemoth five times larger than the largest known cave at the time.

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It was not until 2009 that members of the British Cave Research Association undertook an expedition to penetrate into the mysterious jungle cavern and explore the darkness below.

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Using ropes and harnesses, the team rappelled down a 260 foot vertical drop before they finally reached the bottom...Upon reaching the bottom, the team did not get far before they came up against a 200 foot wall of muddy calcite, which they called “The Great Wall of Vietnam,” that prevented any further progress.

In 2010, the frustrated team was finally able to traverse the enormous wall and continue their journey. What they found within thoroughly amazed all present; an alien world the likes of which none of the experienced cavers had ever seen. The cave, now known as Son Doong Cave, or “the cave of the mountain river” was far larger than anyone had ever imagined. The largest cavern stretched for over 5 km (about 3 miles), was 650 feet wide, and had walls that soared upwards over 200 m (656 feet), high enough to comfortably fit a modern day skyscraper.

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To: BenLurkin

Khazad Doong.


21 posted on 09/16/2014 9:14:31 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: Cowgirl

Because they are stupid and blind to reality, because reality is not taught in our schools anymore. Just as speaking of God & Jesus are prohibited in these same buildings of non-education.


22 posted on 09/16/2014 9:16:35 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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Wow. I just returned from Vietnam, I wish I had known about this before I went.


23 posted on 09/16/2014 9:21:39 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: Mr. K

24 posted on 09/16/2014 9:25:20 AM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box then 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: BenLurkin

If there aren’t dinosaurs in there, then this is just another hole in the ground.


25 posted on 09/16/2014 10:11:29 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: BenLurkin

Bookmark! Holy Smokes!


26 posted on 09/16/2014 10:18:43 AM PDT by Made In The USA (I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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To: BenLurkin

Bookmarked.


27 posted on 09/16/2014 12:32:01 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: fr_freak

They don’t like to talk about that part of the expedition..http://www.moviestillsdb.com/media/pictures/m/b5/b5136df31767a7da7fbbf260220a391f.jpg.


28 posted on 09/16/2014 12:44:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The photographs of this cave are breathtaking.


29 posted on 09/16/2014 1:19:54 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Seperation of powers)
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To: onedoug

Ping


30 posted on 09/16/2014 3:23:17 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: BenLurkin

Laos and Vietnam... someone forgot to tell the Vietnamese tunnel diggers that the war was over. They just kept digging and digging....


31 posted on 09/16/2014 3:57:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: thackney

BFL


32 posted on 09/16/2014 5:11:41 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: BenLurkin

BFL...


33 posted on 09/17/2014 3:48:39 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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