Giant cave in Vietnam can fit a city block of 40-story buildings (photos)

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited January 2011 in The Clubhouse
From National Geographic....

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2011
    Amazing.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited January 2011
    Wow.
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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited January 2011
    Thanks for posting!!!
    Sounds good to me...
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited January 2011
    truly awesome
    design is where science and art break even.
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited January 2011
    Fantastic,
    Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited January 2011
    where are the dinosaurs?
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited January 2011
    Saw that yesterday. They didn't have all the pics up yet.

    Pretty sweet interactive stuff there too. Can't wait for the Nat Geo Explorer Special to come on the Nat Geo Channel for this!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2011
    Mucho cool.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    edited January 2011
    That place looks like the Land of the Lost.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited January 2011
    Wow!
    If...
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    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited January 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    Saw that yesterday. They didn't have all the pics up yet.

    Pretty sweet interactive stuff there too. Can't wait for the Nat Geo Explorer Special to come on the Nat Geo Channel for this!
    It allready showed where im at once, very interesting show.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited January 2011
    Wonder how open it is for the common person. Would love to see in person, at least partly.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited January 2011
    Very cool.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,493
    edited January 2011
    That's an awfully big rabbit hole.
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited January 2011
    I've been in some big caves but nothing like this. Thanks for posting such a great site.

    PoTee
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited January 2011
    snow wrote: »
    It allready showed where im at once, very interesting show.



    REGARDS SNOW

    Really? I must have missed it. I'll have to check the listings and see if I can DVR it.
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  • DanAckerman
    DanAckerman Posts: 70
    edited January 2011
    Thanks for the visual break after a long day.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited January 2011
    So cool
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited January 2011
    Dayum! Russ's head might actually fit in there!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited January 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    Really? I must have missed it. I'll have to check the listings and see if I can DVR it.
    It might have been 2-3 weels ago? I think it was titled the giant cave. The show showed several cavers exploring the cave taking measurements to verify it was the worlds largest along with a few scientists looking for new species of plants and animals etc.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2011
    Those are some damn cool pics. Reminds me of that creepy movie, The Cave.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,712
    edited January 2011
    Thanks for posting that link, Danny. Those pictures are beautiful.

    Didn't notice it at first, but while looking at one of my favorites, "The Cactus Garden", noticed in faint text, "Purchase this Print".

    Clicked on it, and the prices aren't too bad for National Geographic.

    http://gallery.pictopia.com/natgeo/gallery/112990/photo/9327768/?o=4


    NatGeo Cave Cactus Garden.jpg



    That picture could have been taken on another planet.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2011
    Wow, that's just incredible!
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  • Outfitter03
    Outfitter03 Posts: 563
    edited January 2011
    Karst Topography. Pretty incredible.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited January 2011
    snow wrote: »
    It might have been 2-3 weels ago? I think it was titled the giant cave. The show showed several cavers exploring the cave taking measurements to verify it was the worlds largest along with a few scientists looking for new species of plants and animals etc.

    REGARDS SNOW


    Nat Geo says next airing is Jan 27th. Unless I can catch it on reruns before then.
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  • ysss
    ysss Posts: 213
    edited January 2011
    omg, they've found the backdoor to the fortress of solitude..
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited January 2011
    So that is what Genesis created in Star Trek 2.

    Pretty awesome.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited January 2011
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Thanks for posting that link, Danny. Those pictures are beautiful.

    Didn't notice it at first, but while looking at one of my favorites, "The Cactus Garden", noticed in faint text, "Purchase this Print".

    Clicked on it, and the prices aren't too bad for National Geographic.

    http://gallery.pictopia.com/natgeo/gallery/112990/photo/9327768/?o=4


    NatGeo Cave Cactus Garden.jpg



    That picture could have been taken on another planet.
    Go figure.....male post divorcee celebrating the **** in everything he purchases.....lol
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,712
    edited January 2011
    brettw22 wrote: »
    Go figure.....male post divorcee celebrating the **** in everything he purchases.....lol


    NOTE TO SELF: move Brett down 2 positions on the Christmas card list !


    Well ...... I also really like this one, too. Notice that it's a nice round hole with some shrubbery around it. Looks nice which probably explain why the guy is hanging around it. :rolleyes:


    Hole with Shrubbery.jpg



    NOTE TO SELF: okay, Brett's post was pretty good. Just move him down 1 position on the Christmas card list. :smile:
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