January 4, 2011

Hang Son Doong, Mountain River Cave

A really big cave has been discovered in Vietnam:

An enormous shaft of sunlight plunges into the cave like a waterfall. The hole in the ceiling through which the light cascades is unbelievably large, at least 300 feet across. The light, penetrating deep into the cave, reveals for the first time the mind-blowing proportions of Hang Son Doong. The passage is perhaps 300 feet wide, the ceiling nearly 800 feet tall: room enough for an entire New York City block of 40-story buildings. There are actually wispy clouds up near the ceiling.

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  1. Amy Mabli on January 4th, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    I read this as, “Mountain River Cafe“.

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