Aven Armand
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Situada a la part sud del altiplà de la Caussa Mejan (Causse Mejean en francès), la cova o avenc coneguda com a Aven Armand és una de les més espectaculars que us podeu imaginar.
Al contrari que la majoria, no compta amb un laberint de sales, sino una sola, inmensa sala. Però el que la fa realment increible son les seves formacios calcaries, quasi unicament estalagmites (les que surten de terra). No sé que les fa ser així, però no son llisses, sino espectacularment "florides", com troncs de palmera. Formen, així, un bosc de somni dins la fosca.
Si a això hi afegiu el contrast del món exterior, que a la caussa és gairebé de estepa plana i austera...
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Located in the southern part of the Caussa Mejan plateau (Causse Mejean in French), the cave or chasm known as Aven Armand is one of the most spectacular you can imagine.
Unlike most, it does not have a maze of chambers, but a single, huge chamber. But what makes it really amazing are its limestone formations, almost exclusively stalagmites (those that come out of the ground). I don’t know what makes them that way, but they’re not smooth, but spectacularly “flowery,” like palm tree trunks and trees. They thus form a dream forest in the dark.
If you add to this the contrast of the outside world, which in the Causse Mejean is almost flat and austere steppe ...
Aven Armand
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Situada a la part sud del altiplà de la Caussa Mejan (Causse Mejean en francès), la cova o avenc coneguda com a Aven Armand és una de les més espectaculars que us podeu imaginar.
Al contrari que la majoria, no compta amb un laberint de sales, sino una sola, inmensa sala. Però el que la fa realment increible son les seves formacios calcaries, quasi unicament estalagmites (les que surten de terra). No sé que les fa ser així, però no son llisses, sino espectacularment "florides", com troncs de palmera. Formen, així, un bosc de somni dins la fosca.
Si a això hi afegiu el contrast del món exterior, que a la caussa és gairebé de estepa plana i austera...
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Located in the southern part of the Caussa Mejan plateau (Causse Mejean in French), the cave or chasm known as Aven Armand is one of the most spectacular you can imagine.
Unlike most, it does not have a maze of chambers, but a single, huge chamber. But what makes it really amazing are its limestone formations, almost exclusively stalagmites (those that come out of the ground). I don’t know what makes them that way, but they’re not smooth, but spectacularly “flowery,” like palm tree trunks and trees. They thus form a dream forest in the dark.
If you add to this the contrast of the outside world, which in the Causse Mejean is almost flat and austere steppe ...