Lots of people have asked if I have any more photo's from the Giant Crystal Cave (Cueva de los Cristales), so I've created a video story-book. I hope this helps to relay some of the awe that I felt when I visited the cave in 2009. It's been called 'the deadliest place on earth', but it surely is the most incredible and beautiful place I will ever see.
"It's 50oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own." (Iron Ammonite 2009)
"It's 50oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own." (Iron Ammonite 2009)
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Thanks
Paul
Credits & Further Links
Please note that some of the photographs were NOT taken by me. All photographs taken in the cave are copyright of Speleoresearch & Films. These photographs were taken by: Paul Williams (me), Carsten Peter (who took the most iconic images), Paolo Petrigniani, Tullio Bernabei, Giovanni Badino and Oscar Necoechea. Music used: Life in the Undergrowth, composed by Ben Salisbury.
Please note that some of the photographs were NOT taken by me. All photographs taken in the cave are copyright of Speleoresearch & Films. These photographs were taken by: Paul Williams (me), Carsten Peter (who took the most iconic images), Paolo Petrigniani, Tullio Bernabei, Giovanni Badino and Oscar Necoechea. Music used: Life in the Undergrowth, composed by Ben Salisbury.
Further links:
My blog post following my visit to the crystal cave in 2009
Watch the clip from the sequence that we filmed for our BBC TV series 'How Earth Made Us'
My list of the top 5 caves filmed by the BBC (includes video of the sequences)
The Queen's Eye - Gateway to the most beautiful cave on Earth
