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A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals

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phyzzio
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A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals

BBC 2 tonight 19th at 21.00!
Mexico's Cave of Crystals stunned geologists when it was first discovered in 2000. The underground chamber contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found - some of the selenite structures have grown to more than 10m long. Professor Iain Stewart got a rare glimpse of the subterranean spectacle while filming for the new BBC series How the Earth Made Us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8466493.stm

19-01-2010 03:00 PM

ArtsApart
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Wow! thats an awesome link and thanks for sharing, I will be watching that tonight for sure, what a stunning cave, I was wondering at what point they might catch a glimpse of Superman lol. :-)

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19-01-2010 03:09 PM

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I saw a documentary on this about a year ago... it was magical, a real delight to watch!

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19-01-2010 03:10 PM

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It was amazing!!!!

20-01-2010 08:24 AM

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I watched it last night and for the most part it was fascinating, but I felt that some of the archaeological information was put forward as if it was "written in stone", whereas it was just theory - for instance the fall of the Minoan empire. The volcano idea is one possible explanation, but the way it was put over made it sound as if it was a fact. One BIG statement that I really disagreed with was that the way that life on Crete developed meant "the day off". It is a common misconception that the hunter/gather societies were desperate people constantly on the move and living on the edge of starvation. This is far from true.

Richard
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20-01-2010 08:25 AM