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eppur_se_muova

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9. Mammoth Cave is a lot like that ...

Reply to NBachers (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 3, 2017, 09:25 AM

Dec 2017

stalactites and stalagmites in only a small portion of the cave, where groundwater percolates through from above. The rest of it looks like a long-abandoned subway tunnel. Huge, but not bery scenic.

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This is a major discovery': Explorers find massive ice-age cavern beneath Montreal [View all] applegrove Dec 2017 OP

Wow shenmue Dec 2017 #1

Sacre bleu! Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #2

ohm myyyyyy!! AllaN01Bear Dec 2017 #3

I wonder if they will do tours in it some day. I could certainly go for a raft paddle. applegrove Dec 2017 #4

Can we move in? nt Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #5

You'd be like the christians in the catacombs. Actually the world is changing applegrove Dec 2017 #6

Darn. OK. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #7

I'm sure there's a geologic explanation, but those walls look quite flat and evenly-spaced. NBachers Dec 2017 #8

Mammoth Cave is a lot like that ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2017 #9