Giant Crystal Cave, National Geographic

patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
edited January 26, 2008 in The Big Picture
check out this site and the size of the crystals. :yikes
Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it home.

A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters).

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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2008
    It looks like scenes from Superman. Good thing they didn't know about this place when they filmed Superman. They would have ruined something so beautiful. Imagine discovering this for the first time, must have been amazing to walk into.

    Eric
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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2008
    eek7.gif Beautiful!
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