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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 04/06/2009 : 16:02:50
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Note: These cave photos are not 'Shopped. Honest.
1. What mineral makes up those largish crystals?
2. Where is this cave located (aside from "under the ground")?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 16:24:46 [Permalink]
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Ba-da-bing!
HM, Google is too easy on this one. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 16:28:18 [Permalink]
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| Quite a fascinating read, that Crystal Cave of Giants. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 16:46:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Randy
Ba-da-bing!
HM, Google is too easy on this one.
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Our first 100% winner!
Yeah, I've gotta be more careful to find stuff that's harder to Google. Somehow.
Here's National Geographic's article.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 23:34:29 [Permalink]
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| fortress of solitude |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 23:47:14 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
fortress of solitude
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Exactly. Superman didn't need to go all the way to the North Pole. Really, this cavern is stupendous. I find crystals that size hard to believe.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Yet another oddity
