Caves and Mines
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The wow factor is very high in this place. Probably a wide angle lense would have done a better job capturing the whole spirit of it. Also a tripod, but this hand held photo with high ISO is all that was possible.
Skjonghelleren is a 100 meter deep cave some 15 minutes drive from where I live. As you can see, the opening is pretty high. If people used to live in the gave is not proved, but it has obviously been an important shelter. Seal bones found in the cave is dated 30,000 years old. The seals have probably been taken there by their predators.
One of Thailand’s most beautiful and certainly the most photographed one is the Phraya Nakhon cave in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, about a 45 minutes drive South of Hua Hin. The Phraya Nakhon cave consists of two chambers. The ceiling of both chambers are open allowing the rays of the sun to come inside, illuminating the caves giving it a mystical appearance.
Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns, show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England Paper/parchment was made here
and cheese was made and stored here.
I had to walk down the left side of the cave so that I could take a photo of a cave dwelling to the right. It got a little sketchy for me.
This cave is high above the valley, and has some cool pictographs. We spent too much time looking around and enjoying the view, so we got to hike out in the moonlight.
Bears' Cave (Peștera Urșilor) is located the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Chişcău village, Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It was discovered in 1975 by "Speodava", an amateur speleologist group.
Bears' Cave received its name after the 140 cave bear skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. The cave bear, also known as "Ursus Spelaeus", is a species of bear which became extinct during the Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago.
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 variety and shapes of icebergs is endless and like snowflakes, no two are alike. I particularly like the older blue disintegrating icebergs with their fantastic shapes. This berg had beautiful blue caves, The mountains of Jameson Land are in the background. Hall Bredning, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.
03/03/2020 www.allenfotowild.com
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.
www.philtravelcenter.com/philippines/travelinfo/rizal-nat...
Fairy Cave is a huge natural cavern near Kuching in Malaysian Borneo. It's well known but seemingly seldom visited these days. The ceiling is covered in squeaking bats and the floor slippery with guano & condensation.
Though I could have walked further in, at the point I took this shot was where the natural light started to fade at the back of the cave.
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).
Taken over 3 nights here in the UK
Details:
Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro
Guiding: ZWO ASI 120MM Mini USB 2.0 Mono Camera - Orion 50mm Guide Scope
ASCOM.EFW2 Filter Wheel
Filter: LPS-D2
ASCOM.EAF.Focuser
Camera: Canon EOS 70D (full spectrum modified)
Askar 80 PHQ F7.5 Quadruplet Astrograph Telescope
Focal length: 600mm
ISO 800 - f7.5
8 hours total Integration
LPS-D2: 8 hours
Darks: 60 frames
Flats: 60 frames
Bios: 60 frames
DarkFlats: 60 frames
Bortle 5/6
Apps: N.I.N.A. > PHD2 > ASCOM > EQmodern >
Pixinsight > Photoshop >
After visiting the Škocjan Caves we continued our walking along the Big Collapse Doline and visited smaller caves. Here is the first one - the Tomnic Cave :)
Tomnic Cave is the one of the most extensive archeological cave sites in the easten Alps. Several cultural layers have been discovered in the cave sediments, dating back to the early Middle Ages, Late Antiquity, the Iron Age, the Bronze Age and the Eneolithic (or Copper Age). Tomnic Cave is also the largest prehistoric cave burial site in the Karst region. Five Iron Age graves were discovered in the cave entrance and the skeletons of at least ten Eneolitic bodies in a small recess in the eastern passage.
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Po wyjściu z Jaskiń Szkocjańskich kontynuowaliśmy nasz spacer szlakiem wzdłuż Wielkiego Zapadliska, odwiedzając po drodze mniejsze jaskinie. Tu pierwsza z nich - jaskinia Tomnic :)
Jaskinia Tomnic jest jedną z najważniejszych jaskiń archeologicznych w Alpach Wschodnich. W osadach jaskini odkryto kilka warstw kulturowych, datowanych na wczesne średniowiecze, późną starożytność, epokę żelaza, epokę brązu i epokę miedzi. Jaskinia Tomnic jest również największym prehistorycznym miejscem pochówku jaskiniowego w regionie krasowym. W wejściu do jaskini odkryto pięć grobów z epoki żelaza, zaś w małej wnęce we wschodnim przejściu szkielety co najmniej dziesięciu ciał z epoki miedzi.
[Explore • 2015-05-23]
Ancient cave dwellings used today in cheese ripening cellars Saint Nectaire.
www.auvergne-centrefrance.com/geotouring/curieux/mysteres...
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Seen at about a 0.5 ft. tide (meaning that the foreground is underwater much of the time).
At the mouth of Coon Creek,
Montana de Oro State Park,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Like on the foreground rocks at left, there is much pink on the lower walls of the cave--encrusting coralline algae--quite an exquisite wall color. Previous photos at the same cave: