Nature sometimes knows how to impress with landscapes produced on Earth over several hundred years. From lakes with unusual color, deserts where there are trees old over 900 years and magnificent caves, nature gives experiences worth to remember. These landscapes will remain an eternal inspiration for artists. The ground has a network of tunnels and holes, carved stones from water droplets or bitten by acid over millions of years. When the holes have an opening on the surface and is large enough for human to squeeze, we got caves. There are so amazing caves of the earth.
Scientists now interceding this cave to be protected as world natural heritage by UNESCO, in order to enable future generations to see this beauty worthy of admiration. The Crystal Cave in Mexico is geological wonder of incredible size and beauty.
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At Naica Mountain in Mexico, volcanic activity has created conditions for formation of cave. Scientists have made the amazing discovery that underground lies cave which has the largest crystals in the world. In Cueva de los cristales as known as Crystal cave you can see unique gypsum crystals created by volcanic activity over millions of years. The largest crystal found there is 12 m in length, 4 m in diameter and 55 tons in weight. These crystals are found only here, thanks to the unique conditions of the Crystal Cave, in terms of water flow and because the temperature range. In the cave is extremely hot.
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The air temperatures reach up to 58°C with 90 to 99 percent humidity. Discovered in 2000 by miners, the cave is part of an active mine, so due to heat its visitors must wear full protective clothing. Without proper protection, people can only endure approximately ten minutes of exposure. The cave is several hundred meters long and has a semicircular shape. Every time entering the cave, bodies of employees loses around 2 liters of water, in fact because of that, the cave is relatively unexplored. Thankfully, these giant gypsum crystals have no commercial use, so they are saved.
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