Magnificent Giant Crystal Cave at Naica

At the first glance, the Giant Crystal Cave looks like Superman’s fortress at the North Pole. The amazing place, located at Naica Mexico, has crystals up to 12 meter long and weighing about 55 tons. Buried and hidden deep beneath the surface of the Earth, the Giant Crystal Cave is one of the greatest natural marvels on the planet. But be careful because this sweltering cavern could kill humans after just only 15 minutes of exposure. The Giant Crystal Cave is now has become the working ground by all scientists around the world with numerous numbers of questions and hypothesis regarding the jaw-opening place.

SECRETS OF THE CRYSTAL CAVE

I just want to share some secrets and facts that not known to the public.
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- The giant crystals found in the caves at Naica are softer than a human fingernail.
- The largest crystal found at Naica is 500,000 years old.
- The stunning crystal pillars are made from the same common mineral as drywall – it’s called gypsum.
- The Naica cave’s deadly heat comes from the depths of the Earth. Naica sits on a set of fault lines. A magma chamber a mile and a half down warms the water that flows throughout the mountain.
- The Naica principle cave “Cueva de Los Cristales” is 113°F and 100% humidity.
- The Naica facility pumps 16,000 gallons of water per minute out of the mine and runs 24-7.
- The water pumped from the Naica mine formed a lake in the arid Chihuahua desert and is also used to irrigate a golf course.
- Naica is one of the most productive lead mines in the world, and a huge supplier of the world’s silver as well.
- The Naica cave actuality footage was shot on solid-state memory HD video cameras (tape-less) wrapped in plastic bags and pre-heated for three hours prior to entering the cave.
- The Naica Project team created a stop-motion robot and fitted it with a Nikon digital still camera powered by custom software to capture beauty-shot sequences of the cave with 10-megapixel resolution

The Mysterious Saturn Hexagon

Saturn has always remained one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system. This is probably why space scientists and experts have done a lot of research work on it. However, the mystery hexagon on Saturn still remains a mystery that none of the space experts have been able to explain so far. In 2007, modern imaging technology revealed that Saturn is much more complicated and mysterious than imagined because it has a hexagon on its pole that has been there for more than 20 years now.

The mystery hexagon on Saturn is one of its kind and it is never seen on any other object or planet in the universe. In 1979, The Voyager showed the same hexagon that sits on top of North Pole of Saturn. The hexagon is similar to Earth’s polar vortex where the winds blow in circular fashion. Since Saturn is bigger than our planet, its vortex can fit 4 Earth inside it at one given time. The Voyager also came up with images of clouds that circle around this hexagonal vortex at 200 miles per hour which is really bizarre image to see. Kevin Baines from NASA/JPL confirms that the hexagon is still a mystery even though it is there for more than two decades. Below are more photos on the mysterious hexagon on Saturn.

Qattara Depression " World’s Largest ‘Vanish’ Land "

Qattara Depression is located west of Cairo, Egypt. The place is the largest ‘vanish’ land in the world that left a large basin with a length of 175 miles (280km) and a width of 90 miles (140km). Since the size is very surprisingly massive, the location is very difficult to find and identify.

Image Credit: James Thurley

With the depth of 134 feet below the sea-level, the hole was once being used in the unstoppable war of Middle East as additional source of energy. With that fact, the scientists currently are trying to initiate a project that worth almost 360 million dollars to utilize Qattara as a complete independent energy resource (hydroelectric power). This plan requires the trench dug from the end of the Mediterranean Sea to the Qattara so that the water will flow through the tunnel hole. As a result (at least 160 years into the future), a new lake that imitate the size of Lake Erie will be emerged. In this kind of desert, the heat will evaporate the additional water flow from the Mediterranean Sea.