Huge Magical New Cave Discovered in Sequoia National Park (pic)

[zonkers]

Four amateur cave explorers in Sequoia National Park have discovered a vast cave formed 1 million years ago, a labyrinth that stretches more than 1,000 feet into a mountain and features some of the most beautiful rock formations ever seen.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/24/MNGFTLBKUH1.DTL

[acmavm]

1. That's beautiful.

[bklyncowgirl]

2. Wow, that is spectacular!

Nice to wake up to some good news this morning.

[xchrom]

3. so wonderful!

[Judi Lynn]

4. This is so interesting! Hope we'll be seeing more and more photos.

Since the public can't go in, it would be very helpful for them to bring many, many more photos OUT!

Here's another one, from the article:

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. The guy in the picture

looks like he just discovered the clenis.

(Sorry, bad girl. :spank: Get your brain out of the gutter)

[zonkers]

8. Actually, I thought he was a member of DEVO.

[Clark2008]

32. LOL!!!

:7

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[Lochloosa]

13. Welcome to DU shrubbasher

:toast:

[DoYouEverWonder]

33. Wow, why did that post get deleted?

Good think I only posted a link to the pic in my response.

I didn't realize we had to be so PC?

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Whatever you do

don't let this woman anywhere near the place.

?asfge

(Image from the cult classic El Topo)

BTW: Welcome to DU. We could use a few more dirty minds around here. :-)

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Are those called ribbons or curtains?

Love the names they give the formations: Bacon, candles...

[Lindsay]

5. Thanks for posting this.

It makes me unaccountably happy when someone finds something formerly unkown.

[zonkers]

6. Me too, Lindsay. You know, a week ago it really dawned on me that

most LBN is repetitive which is understandable considering this is a politics site. I thought it would be neat to seek out LBN that touches on the mysterious and wonderful, so I started news googling terms like "new species" or "sunken treasure" or whatever just for fun.

[wakeme2008]

9. If you like caves and reading

Check out http://www.nevadabarr.com/ and her fiction book Blind Descent about a rescue into the Lechuguilla Cave system at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Lechuguilla is much bigger than Carlsbad and ~100 miles of it's ~300+ have been explored so far.

[powwowdancer]

10. And don't forget...

if you're a real caver, two words:

FLOYD COLLINS!

[MagickMuffin]

12. K&R

I just lovvvve caves. So, I thought since this is something that deserves other people attention. It's not everyday there is this kind of a discovery.

Zonkers, Thanks for posting this pleasant news.

Come everybody let's get this to the greatest. We need something to help relieve the stress from the Bushy Horror Picture Show:evilgrin:

[meisje]

14. qwaaack!! I was looking for a new vacation home....sneer,,,, QWACK!

[MuseRider]

17. OMG!

I actually heard Jon Stewart doing Cheney when I read this! Thanks for starting my day with a big smile and a chuckle. :rofl:

Added a word

[PerceptionManagement]

16. When can we drill for oil there?

It doesn't matter how much or how little, we just gotta drill!

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. !

:evilgrin: Well it wouldn't be the first time Pinhead** went looking for oil and didn't find any. :rofl: He's kinda famous for that.

[Wretched Refuse]

18. FINALLY, SOMEONE

Finds Ossama's Hidey-hole. Damn I knew it take Good merkans, and not the KBR gun for hires.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. stalagmites and stalactites and flowstones

oh, my!

:bounce:

[LWolf]

21. I love Sequoia National Park.

Sequoia and Yosemite are the two biggest things I miss from my former state. I've explored some caves open to the public, and really enjoyed them. They're almost as good as the trees. For me there is nothing to compare to standing at the base of a tree that grew before Christ, that is the largest living land dweller on the earth, that has lived through the entire history of our nation, that knew north america before europe colonized her.

[burythehatchet]

22. Impossible

the earth is 5000 years old.

[Fuzz]

26. Heretic!

[OldSiouxWarrior]

39. Actually, they believe it is 6,000 years old.

If we are going to make fun of Creationists, let's at least give them the courtesy of getting their information right.

BTW - If anyone is familiar with my postings on the 9-11 forum, you will know that I am not kind to Creationists. I compare 9-11 CTers to Creationists.

[texpatriot2004]

23. How pretty nm

[YankeyMCC]

25. Ok this is nice but no Glittering Caves of Aglarond

;)

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[malaise]

28. Spectacular

Thanks

[lostnfound]

29. Thanks for sharing.

Perks up the morning to see such natural beauty.

[Leopolds Ghost]

30. Anyone here been to Mammoth Cave?

I used to go on spelunking trips back in the Boy Scouts, there are a lot of great caves along the Allegheney Highlands Trail.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

37. i have.

also went to a place called Slippery Cave as well, in taht same area i think.

[tabasco]

31. Any cave critters in there like in "The Descent" ?

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

[mtnester]

34. I look at this beauty, and am PUZZLED by deleted messages

WTF could people be saying about this that would cause at least TWO messages to be deleted?

Call me confused on Monday AM

:shrug:

[glitch]

35. I was just wondering the same thing?!? How strange.

What a fantastic find, I also find it encouraging.

[myrna minx]

36. I was thinking the same thing.

:rofl: :hi:

[semillama]

41. From the context

I would believe that some posters were probably comparing a stalagmite in one of the photos to a certain part of the male anatomy, using coarse language...

[mtnester]

42. My hubby commented on it, and he mearly stated it was

"penile in appearance"

[tomreedtoon]

38. Magical cave? Is Lord Voldemort hiding there?

If he is, how can he give orders to his disciple Bushtail?

[GeorgeGist]

40. Huge perhaps...

but neither new nor magical.