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The giant statues of Tirthankars were mostly created through rock carving in the 14th-15th century and were grossly defaced during the first assault of Mughals in the 16th century.
The caves are known as Siddhachal Caves or Siddhanchal Jain Collosi and are briiliant work of art.
Taken in Gwalior, Madhyapradesh, India
Giant Chasm of Cabrespine. One of the largest caves in the world open to the public - 80 metres long and 220 metres high.
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All Hallows' Eve
The moon is full,
The trees are bare,
Dead leaves glide through
The cool, dry air.
The night is silent as a grave,
Or some deep, dark, unfathomed cave
Beneath the stars’ cold stare.
The silence breaks
With hollow moans
And beastly snarls
And clacking bones:
The God-forsaken, restless dead
Awaken from their earthen bed
Beneath cold, carven stones.
Their din grows loud
And twice more dread
Than piercing screams
Or blood fresh-shed.
Out from the very depths of Hell
They slink, too terrible to tell:
The cursed and restless dead.
Their summoners
Shriek shrill with joy
As they behold
That grim convoy.
By potions, charms, and arcane verse
They placed this night beneath a curse
And bade the dead deploy.
Assembled now,
That fiendish crowd
Swarms dizzily
And hails aloud
The thousand execrable names
Of him who reigns in acrid flames,
In doom’s eternal shroud.
The chaos of
The hellish throng
Soon dies away,
But not for long:
More fearsome than the din before,
Their voices join as one and roar
A wild, infernal song:
“Praise the one
Once bright as sun,
Who dared defy
The Three-in-One.
“And so he fell
Too far to tell,
To reign as king,
Our king, in Hell.
“He dared to bring
Death’s dreadful sting
To Earth, to gain
His following.
“He first laid eye
On man, and by
His sweetened tongue
He made man die!
“Alas! Our wrong
Prevailed not long,
Soon overcome
By One more strong.
“Still, bubbling from
Hell’s fires, we come
Up to this sphere
In massive sum.
“Behold our sheer,
Brute strength and hear
Our battle-cry
And quake with fear!
“We venture out
To thrash about
This world of men
And win our rout,
“For thus we can
Complete the plan
Our master spun
When time began.
“Now, to our feet –
To prowl the street
And visit doom
On all we greet!”
Then off they fly
With roars and shrieks,
A putrid mass
Of loathsome freaks.
In frenzied swarms, they pierce and tear
Throughout the land; they fill the air
And choke it with their reeks.
No soul is safe,
No home secure,
No heart so strong
It could endure
That mob, accursed from Above,
Bereft of life, devoid of love,
Whose doom is swift and sure!
With sharpened claws
And bloodstained sneer,
They plunge the world
In abject fear,
Let loose for what they most enjoy:
To slay, burn, terrorize, destroy,
And raise Hell’s horrors here.
Their rampage, though,
Must cease at last,
For in the east
The day comes fast.
Though theirs was cold and shadowed night,
They now must yield to breaking light
That fells them with a blast.
With that first ray,
A piercing cry
From all the ghouls
Cuts through the sky.
Dawn breaks! At last the Day of Saints,
Expels them back to their restraints
In flames that never die.
Great Michael leads
A countless host
For Father, Son,
And Holy Ghost.
With eagle wings and flaming swords
They charge and rout the demon hordes
And squelch their one night’s boast.
Then through the clouds
Pure music flies.
A radiant choir
Circles the skies:
The saints who fasted, prayed, and bled,
Whose faith has conquered death and dread,
Have come, all come to grace the earth
As testament to second birth
In Light that never dies.
......by Adam Sedia
Gomantong Cave is located in the lower Kinabatangan area and the caves have become a major tourist attraction in Sabah. Gomantong is the largest limestone hill and the most important source of edible birds nets in Sabah.
EN: 64 meters long cave. The cave is a unique archeological site. Research has shown settlement from the Paleolithic period through the Neolithic (culture with linear ceramics), the Bronze Age to the Hallstatt period (Horák culture).
CZ: Jeskyně "Pekárna", 64 metrů dlouhá jeskyně. Jeskyně je jedinečným archeologickým nalezištěm. Výzkum ukázal osídlení od paleolitu přes neolit (kultura s lineární keramikou), od doby bronzové až po dobu halštatskou (kultura Horák).
We went out cave exploring yesterday. We rappelled deep down inside a vertical hole and then hiked through caverns until we got to this lighted room. The flowing water in the cave created mist that lit up when the sun peeked through this small hole above. Evelyn of course was a trooper, changing into this dress in the muddy environment!
Day 6 of the Cruise. Today we docked in Malaga and we took a trip to Cueva De Nerja, which are the most impressive caves I have ever seen.
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Bears Cave (Romanian: Peștera Urșilor) is located in the Western Carpathian (Apuseni) Mountains, on the outskirts of Chişcău Village, Bihor County, Romania. The cave contains several complete skeletons and numerous bones of extinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeus), a species that disappeared more than 15,000 years ago. It seems that a big boulder slided and blocked the entrance in the cave. Approximately 140 cave bears were caught inside.
The cave was discovered in 1975. Its entrance is situated at an altitude of 482 m (1,581 ft) and the visited portion is about 1 km (3,300 ft) in length.
In Tatra National Park there are some networks of caves that you can hike to and then explore. One of them is technically a trail, where you hike to an entrance and then follow waymarks in the caves some distance until you come out on another part of the mountain. We started in some larger chambers and then, following the twists and turns, came to areas where you had to crouch down to pass between chambers, then to sections where you had to crawl, and finally to a place where you would need to get down on your belly and slither through. At this point the claustrophobia started to set in and we decided "nope, time to turn around." Mrs. Orca exploring a cave in Tatra National Park, Poland.
We tried one more time. On this venture we had a negative 5 inch tide that hit 1 hour prior to sunset. Perfect we thought. One of the few times that it lines up like that. Only problem was that nobody told mother nature to take it easy with the wave action. So as a result the waves were rocking and rollin and made it to deep to get in there for what we were looking for. So this shot was taken at one of the few low moments. In the next surge I got drenched. But was able to cover the camera in time. Oh well.
Hey everyone.
Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia.
Well I've wanted to shoot the Milky Way from this cave for quite a while now and a couple nights ago I finally got a chance to do just that.
It was a perfect night so naturally I decided to shoot a selfie inside it and this is the result, Pretty happy how it turned out.
I hope you all like it, Thanks for looking!
Part 3 of my 4 part series. I guess I'd better tell you something about these caves :
Batu Caves is a limestone hill in the Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which has a series of caves and cave temples. The first cave temple was established in 1891, and wooden steps up to the Temple Cave were built in 1920. Of the various cave temples that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple or Cathedral Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its 100 m vaulted ceiling. (Wikipedia)
After seeing Kyle Hardisty's Tomb Raider photo I was inspired to make one similar. I used a similar setup to his with the lid to contain water. I know mine's not nearly as good as his own, but I'm pretty satisfied with the end result! I tagged him so make sure you check out his version. And please let me know what you think in the comments! :)
Agent 143, over and out.
Bears Cave (Romanian: Peștera Urșilor) is located in the Western Carpathian (Apuseni) Mountains, on the outskirts of Chişcău Village, Bihor County, Romania. The cave contains several complete skeletons and numerous bones of extinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeus), a species that disappeared more than 15,000 years ago. It seems that a big boulder slided and blocked the entrance in the cave. Approximately 140 cave bears were caught inside.
The cave was discovered in 1975. Its entrance is situated at an altitude of 482 m (1,581 ft) and the visited portion is about 1 km (3,300 ft) in length.
The green stains on the bear's bones below are algal growth due to high humidity and provided light over the skeleton.
All four times I've visited the marvel that is Pompeii - I've been moved by the heart-breaking and harrowing sight of so many dogs wandering the ancient ruins and streets there.
Some of the dogs I saw were clearly emaciated, unloved.
I've read that over the years, people began using the ancient ruins as a place to dump unwanted pets. Few of them I imagined would have been spayed, so puppies add to the homeless population.
I am sure they stay at the site because the millions of visitors will provide tasty treats and loving attention.
In 2010, just a few years before I was last there and took this shot, the government gave over funds for an organisation project to gather the dogs, sterilize them, provide them with veterinary care and promote their adoption. Dog houses were scattered around the site.
Sadly, most of the money was embezzled by the then-Commissioner for Pompeii, Marcello Fiori, now under indictment for corruption.
From what I saw during that last visit, the situation for these canines had not improved.
Cave canem 'beware of dog' is a famous mosaic found at the entrance to several properties in Pompeii.
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The Cathedral Caves are sea caves located on the Catlins Coast in the southeast corner of of New Zealand's South Island . There are two main cave systems which join together within the cliff creating an exciting walk through to another beach exit.
The caves are accessible two hours either side of low tide.
Grjótagjá, a lava cave just outside of Mývatn, Iceland, is a beautiful sight used as a filming location for Game of Thrones.
Smoo Cave is a spectacular underground waterfall on the north coast of Scotland at Durness. The first time I came here, in early Spring, the weather had been dry for several weeks and there was no water in the cave at all. I made sure that when I revisited, the following year, that I did so after a spell of heavy rainfall and the experience was magical!
The round shape of the bottom of the stalactites is due to the fact that they grown under water
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