[Rockhounds] Mexico's Cave of Crystals

[Tim Fisher]

There were some photoshopped images floating 
around a couple years ago; these were debunked 
but the real images that the "authors" of the 
site inserted themselves in were from the actual 
cave (I believe it's a cavern in a mine). They 
were actually convincing to those who didn't know 
that the conditions in the cavern are lethal 
after a few minutes and the pics of these people 
standing next to the huge formations were 
impossible since they would have been corpses had 
they really been wearing their jeans and flannel 
shirts in the (as I recall) 150+ degrees F and 
100% humidity of the cavern. The real videos 
taken more recently by some European 
mineralogists show them in fully contained suits 
with hoods and masks. I believe they stated that 
they even had to seal their cameras against the 
environment or the electronics would have fried.

they used
At 11:16 AM 12/21/2007, you wrote:
>Hello everyone.. Merry Christmas!
>
>I was looking at the National Georgraphic website yesterday and found
>this wonderful artical about a cave uncovered in Mexico which has
>enormous crystals.. It includes some really fabulous photos. But being
>familar with photoshop, I would have probably tossed it out as fake
>unless it had not been on the National Geographic website.
>
>here is the url if you would care to look at the photos and read the
>article. This may be old news to the group, but on the offchance that I
>might be able to share something really incredible  I am posting this.
>
>I am enjoying this digest and your discussions so very much! Thankyou
>once again for the chance to become a member of your mailing list!
>
>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-
>crystals-cave/index.html
>
>Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of
>the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum
>as long as 36 feet (11 meters).
>
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>
>
>terri mccain

Tim Fisher
Ore-ROCK-On Rockhounding Web Site
Owner, Fisher Fisheries, Ltd.
Email address at http://OreRockOn.com