Deep beneath Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert are caves where the temperature is 118 Fahrenheit and the humidity is 90 percent, a combination that can kill in less than an hour. Explorers using ice-cooled suits have found within those caves chambers of astonishing wonder: the Cave of Swords, the Cave of Sails, the Queen's Eye. The latest to be revealed is the Ice Palace, a huge chamber home to giant gypsum crystals that may be the largest crystals yet found on earth. National Geographic has a slide show, and an upcoming documentary.
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Ice Palace
Deep beneath Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert are caves where the temperature is 118 Fahrenheit and the humidity is 90 percent, a combination that can kill in less than an hour. Explorers using ice-cooled suits have found within those caves chambers of astonishing wonder: the Cave of Swords, the Cave of Sails, the Queen's Eye. The latest to be revealed is the Ice Palace, a huge chamber home to giant gypsum crystals that may be the largest crystals yet found on earth. National Geographic has a slide show, and an upcoming documentary.
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