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.
(Excerpt) Read more at mysteriousuniverse.org ...
Khazad Doong.
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.
Wow. I just returned from Vietnam, I wish I had known about this before I went.
If there aren’t dinosaurs in there, then this is just another hole in the ground.
Bookmark! Holy Smokes!
Bookmarked.
They don’t like to talk about that part of the expedition..http://www.moviestillsdb.com/media/pictures/m/b5/b5136df31767a7da7fbbf260220a391f.jpg.
The photographs of this cave are breathtaking.
Ping
Laos and Vietnam... someone forgot to tell the Vietnamese tunnel diggers that the war was over. They just kept digging and digging....
BFL
BFL...
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