There’s a jungle inside Vietnam’s mammoth cavern. A skyscraper could fit too. And the end is out of

[The Straight Story]

sight.







More pics here:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography

[panader0]

1. Very cool!

I'm surprised I've never heard of this before.

[AlecBGreen]

8. just 'discovered'

by white people that is ;) i bet locals have known about. if we find empty beer cans and campfire remains at the bottom we'd know for sure!

[progressoid]

22. "During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese soldiers hid in caves from U.S. air strikes."

'Discovered' by white people is right.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Astonishing!

Thanks for that link.

[Webster Green]

3. Wow!

Amazing!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I just read this article in the magazine. Absolutely fascinating.

But creepy. Caves scare me. :scared:

[opihimoimoi]

5. KnR Incredible

[Joanne98]

6. I love caves!

[Codeine]

7. Oh man. I'd kill to get in there.

Absolutely fascinating. Great post!

[felix_numinous]

9. Sending this

to all the cavers I know.

[DCKit]

10. Saw the show, you should watch it too.

But use the tivo... they managed to fit almost 60 mins of commercials into a 60 min program.

[Beaverhausen]

11. You don't often find jungles in caves; they are usually dark

i know, duh!

this is amazing.

[NBachers]

12. I'm awestruck- this is real Journey to the Center of the Earth stuff

How in the world did they bring in enough light to illuminate these enormous passages?

[Lasher]

13. A caver's dream!

I've been the first to enter some small passages with beautiful limestone formations, and lucky for me. But this cave in Vietnam is the holy grail of spelunking.

[SalviaBlue]

14. Awesome!

[Uncle Joe]

15. Beautiful pics.

Thanks for the thread, The Straight Story.

[ljm2002]

16. Wow, thanks for posting that...

...that is truly breathtaking!

K&R

[Lucky Luciano]

17. Awesome! Vietnam was one of my favorite countries to visit!

I would love to go back...I doubt I would be lucky enough to do this kind of spelunking exspedition though!

[awoke_in_2003]

18. I need to subscribe to National Geographic...

they have got to have the best photographers in the world.

[jwirr]

19. Awesome and well worth the time going into the full article.

[somone]

20. Amazing story

and incredible pics

[DearAbby]

21. Beautiful

[Alameda]

23. WOW! Beautiful, now I hope we don't mess it up.

Somehow when I see these pristine locals being "explored" it worries me. It terrifies me some valuable "resource" will be found, and exploited.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful photos.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. Wow! that is like some special effects from a SciFi movie!! Incredible!!!!

[malaise]

25. Stunningly beautiful

Thanks

[kentuck]

26. Wow !

Absolutely amazing!!

[angstlessk]

27. so glad there are brave souls such as these to bring us these beautiful

photographs of amazing splendor!

[20score]

28. Very cool!

[Codeine]

29. THEY HAVE A CAVE TROLL!

[Ilsa]

37. He'd fit in there too!

Good comeback. I love LOTR references.

[DeSwiss]

30. K&R n/t

[shellgame26]

31. Spectacular

[pam4water]

32. That first image is so beautiful.

[Delphinus]

33. Ooh,

that is so beautiful!

[Godot51]

34. Fantasy...

It's wonderful. It reminds me of so much that is hidden from sight.

[SnakeEyes]

35. Planet Earth

Caves...

watch it.

[66 dmhlt]

36. So amazing it looks like a CGI from a movie

[classof56]

38. Simply amazing.

Thank you for introducing us to this incredible scenic wonder. Actually, words fail me. So--thanks and blessings!

[Raksha]

39. Amazing pictures...thank you for posting the link.

[msanthrope]

40. Thank you so much for posting this!!! Just awesome! n/t

[bear425]

41. Too late to rec this, so I'll kick it to the top

Beautiful photos. Thanks!