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Tınaztepe Cave, one of the longest caves in the world
Tınaztepe caves are located in Seydişehir, Konya. The world's third, is Turkey's largest caves. Its total length is 22 km, and its navigable part is 1580 meters. It is a completely horizontal cave except the 64-meter descent at the end. It was opened in 2004 as Cave Recreation Facilities.
Located at the crossing of the Konya-Antalya Highway on the Taurus Mountains and discovered by the French scientist Michel Bakalowichz in 1968, the cave is an important natural wonder.
In addition to stalactites and stalagmites, Tınaztepe Cave offers a different environment to its guests with its unchanging heat in summer and winter in its open section.
Stalactites and stalagmites, a cave with a lake inside. The cave, where daily tours are organized due to the ease of transportation, fascinates those who see it. Tinaztepe actual length of 22 kilometers, one of Turkey's longest cave. One of the three few caves in the world
There is 75 percent humidity inside the cave. An ideal cave for asthma patients
A view through Luon Cave in Ha Long Bay, which passes through a limestone karst island at this beautiful UNESCO Heritage Site. Small boats can pass under the stalactites that are reflected in the turquoise water in this image where you can see through to the light on the other side.
Honestly, we didn’t have much enthusiasm for a nice safe 90 minute hike with a few stairways and ramps in Postojna Cave, so we settled for the train in and out. All these different styles suggest dramatic changes in water flow over geologic time.
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This cavern offers a completely ride-through cave experience on propane-powered Jeep-drawn trams.
Fantastic Caverns was discovered in 1862 by an Ozarks farmer -- or more precisely, by his dog, who crawled through a small entrance in a hillside. It wasn't until five years after its discovery that the first exploration of Fantastic Caverns took place: twelve women from Springfield, answering a newspaper ad seeking explorers, ventured into the cave. Fantastic Caverns is one of more than 7,300 documented caves in Missouri, and more are still being discovered. Missouri is called The Cave State.
A 2-3 hour walk within Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park including a 400-500m climb and descent though caves brings you out into this large open chasm with two large holes in the cave roof where sun light streams in. Over a period of an hour the sun moved overhead until it was streaming down directly onto a Pavilion built during the reign of King Rama V 122 years ago.
A big thank you to guy who was stood at the opening kinda shows how big this is .cathedral caves lake district
Known as the "secret cave", this cave is not really a secret, but it is very difficult to get to on foot. Timing is key - it can only be accessed at low tide. There are also some tough climbs on the way, it's definitely not accessible on foot to everyone.
I think a return trip to Hocking Hills needs to happen soon. This is Ash Cave, and the falls at the far end are 90' high.
St Ninian's Cave, Galloway. Which the 4/5th C saint was said to use as a retreat for peaceful meditation. Also a location for the iconic folk horror film, The Wicker Man.
The Beatus caves are situated high above Lake Thun. The limestone cave system is a natural wonder millions of years old. Legends state that a murderous dragon lived in a large cave at Lake Thun roughly 1,900 years ago which devastated the lives of the local Swiss population. He could shoot lasers of fire from his blazing eyes. The tragedy continued until Beatus of Lungern, a monk who lived around 100 AD, stepped ahead to slay the almighty dragon. He held his cross up to the terrifying monster and mustered the Holy Trinity. Afterward, the dragon is said to run down the cliff and throw himself into Lake Thun. The clear water then rose and boiled in a flash as a result.
Beatus of Lungern, known also by the honorific Apostle of Switzerland, was probably a legendary monk and hermit of early Christianity, and is revered as a saint. While legend claims that he was the son of a Scottish king, other legends place his birth in Ireland. Beatus was a convert, baptized in England by Saint Barnabas. He was allegedly ordained a priest in Rome by Saint Peter the Apostle, whereupon he was sent with a companion named Achates to evangelize the tribe of the Helvetii (Helvetians), a Celtic tribe or tribal confederation occupying most of the Swiss plateau at the time of their contact with the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. St. Beatus died at an old age in 112 CE.
A boat trip to Staffa promised so much: minke whales, dolphins, basking sharks, orca, sea eagles and Fingal's Cave, the famous inspiration for Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. There was the faint hope of seeing a few puffin stragglers too.
But the weather was against us. Not hugely rough, but enough waves and swell to prevent our skipper putting us ashore to explore Fingal's Cave. We saw plenty seals, gannets and cormorants but little else. No dolphins, whales or orca. But there were beautiful views of the Mull coastline and deserted Treshnish Isles. Scotland has over 900 islands, though the exact number can vary slightly depending on how you define an island (some small tidal islets may or may not be counted). Of these 90-100 are inhabited
Located on the small Hebridean island of Staffa, Fingal's Cave is one of the country's most spectacular natural wonders. Formed entirely out of enormous hexagonal basalt columns, this sea cave is the backdrop of a fascinating legend.
When you visit Staffa, you can’t fail but be awestruck by nature’s creative forces. Impossibly dramatic and romantic, Staffa is best known for its basalt columns and spectacular sea caves. The most famous of these is Fingal’s Cave, also known in Gaelic as An Uamh Binn or the Cave of Music, immortalised by Mendelssohn in his Hebrides Overture. This name reflects the cave's exceptional acoustics and the sounds created by the crashing waves within.
Staffa is a volcanic island and the basalt columns formed when a single lava flow cooled around 60 million years ago. As the molten rock solidified, it also shrank, allowing gaps to form, which created the hexagonal-shaped columns seen today, similar to those found at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
In addition to the cave, the columns form a dramatic cliff face which appears as colonnades or, as the Vikings saw them, the poles or staves (stafr in Old Norse) used in their buildings, hence the name Staffa. The columns are canted over at an angle of four degrees and it was this tilting that happened after they were formed, which allowed the sea to exploit natural fissures in the rock, hollowing out the cave over the millennia. Other caves on the island formed in a different way, when a softer layer of ash under the basalt columns was eroded by the sea.
Funnily enough, it wasn't Fingal who lived in this cave but his rival Scottish nemesis, Benandonner! Fionn MacCumhaill’s was a hero in Irish mythology and although a big lad, not a true giant. Separated by the Irish sea, however, Fingal felt brave enough to hurl insults over the sea to his rival, the giant Benandonner...
When the fight escalated, Fionn built the causeway across the sea to confront Benandonner. But when Fionn saw how enormous Benandonner was, he fled back to Ireland, destroying the causeway behind him. The remnants became the Giant’s Causeway and Fingal’s Cave, which is said to have been named after Fionn’s Scottish alias, Fingal, meaning ‘white stranger’.
It was the famous botanist, Joseph Banks, who, in 1772, first brought the feature to popular attention. Since then, a steady stream of visitors, including a list of famous names from the arts, have made a sort of pilgrimage to this ‘cathedral of the sea’.
Among those great artists was a young Felix Mendelssohn, who visited the cave in 1829. Duly inspired, Mendelssohn wrote the concert overture Die Hebriden, also known simply as Fingal’s Cave, which he finished in 1832. Coincidentally, JMW Turner’s painting “Staffa” was also first exhibited in the spring of the same year. Today, Mendelssohn on Mull, a Scottish chamber music festival, continues to draw inspiration from Staffa. The event brings together young musicians for a week of musical exploration and concerts inspired by the wild beauty of Staffa, Mull and Iona.
A smashing photo of our daughter Megan taken last week by her partner Adam. I wouldn't mind, even with all of the time I have spent in the Lake District I only visited these caves for the first time four years ago. Megan has beaten me by a good twenty five years.
Perched high above Rydal Water on the flank of Loughrigg Fell is the fabulous Rydal Cave.
We made the short hike which includes a slickrock ascent, to the Sand Caves near Kenab, Utah. The caves were created in the 1970s by sand miners to make glass. The caves are now a popular tourist attraction. Near a highway, they receive a lot of visitors. Many of them have chiseled graffiti in the sandstone.
Happy Flare Friday!
There are several sea caves and tunnels along the cliffs lining the shore in Bandon. This one sported some colorful lichen.
This is one of the two locations in the cave that Disney filmed Tom and Huck, with Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
Calinawan Cave got its name from the word linaw, a Tagalog term for "clear". It is said that during the 15th to 18th centuries, opposing parties used to convene inside the cave to settle disputes, thus, the name Calinawan.
This cave also served as a shelter and a hideaway from the Japanese during World War II. It was also in this cave where Japanese soldiers surrendered to the Liberation Forces.
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As challenging as the tour and the weather conditions in the Alps were yesterday, the experience in a glacier cave is unforgettable. I always thought the colours on the pictures were a bit extreme, but these tones of blue do not seem to be from this world.
Red hydrogen emission and blue reflection nebulae, dark molecular clouds and a bright star sitting in the middle, flooding the scene its yellow light... Sounds like the Rho Ophichui region?
Sure. There is, however, another smaller, but similarly colorful area in the sky:
Meet the Cave Nebula!
Officially designated Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula in the constellation Cepheus, is a diffuse nebula of ionized hydrogen with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 2400 light-years from Earth. It lies within a larger complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity.
The name "Cave Nebula" for Sh2-155 was coined by Patrick Moore, presumably derived from photographic images showing a curved arc of emission nebulosity corresponding to a cave mouth. Earlier, the name was already used to refer to another brighter but unrelated reflection nebula in Cepheus, known as Ced 201. The name's application to Sh2-155 has come into vogue through the nebula's inclusion in Moore's Caldwell catalogue as object Caldwell 9.
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Cave Nebula SH2-155 C9
The Cave Nebula is an Emission Nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It is about 2,400 light-years away from Earth (Wikipedia).
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NW of Kranj there is a large forrest, caled Udin boršt. It grows on some 100 m - 150 m elevated conglomerate terrain. In conglomerate most of water disappears underground, reaching the lowest level, then it flows out on many sides. In Udin boršt the so-called conglomerate karst is being formed. There are also many caves, the cave of Ambrož is near Duplje village. Some 400 years ago people were seeking there refuge against Turkish raids. Later, outlaws were hiding there.