GIANT CAVE PICTURES: World's Biggest Found in Vietnam


	GIANT CAVE PICTURES: World's Biggest Found in Vietnam

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7-26-2009 1:26 AM

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Vietnam's Son Doong cave, the largest single cave passage yet found. First explored earlier this year by a joint British-Vietnamese team, the cave measures at least 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places and is at least 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) long.

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7-26-2009 1:35 AM

merrie

Wow, that's a mega-cave.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e8b24170-3e6a-4e33-b7e2-e1b480c65870/36927BA7-B210-4469-BF06-6B693EC348A0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html"><P class="intro">
A massive cave recently uncovered in a remote <A href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_vietnam.html">Vietnamese</A> jungle is the largest single cave passage yet found, a new survey shows.
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At 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places, the Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the <A href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_malaysia.html">Malaysian</A> section of the island of Borneo.
								</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp" href="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dancewithshadows.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><IMG border="0" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-photo-4.jpg" />
<I>Hang Son Doong cave</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><P>The joint British-Vietnamese Caving 
                                          Expedition 2009 was conducted over 
                                          five days in Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke 
                                          Bang National Park in mid-April 2009.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><P>Adam Spillane, a member of the 
                                          British caving team was quoted as 
                                          saying, "It is a truly amazing sized 
                                          cave and one of the most significant 
                                          discoveries by a British caving team."</p> <P>
                                          <IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong photo cave picture" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-photo-3.jpg" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong photo" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-photo-2.jpg" />
<I>Hang Son Doon cave looks magical </I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><IMG border="0" alt="Magical picture of Hang Son Doong" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-photo-1.jpg" />
<I>What the hell - Cave interior looks 
                                          like a miniature underground Grand 
                                          Canyon </I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong cave mouth photo" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-4.jpg" />
<I>And there's the light, at the end 
                                          of the cave!</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong cave interior photo" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-3.jpg" />
<I>PIcture: Hang Son Doong stream</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/hang-son-doong-photos.asp"><P>.</p> <P>
                                          <IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong photo gallery" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-2.jpg" />
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                                          <IMG border="0" alt="Hang Son Doong photo" src="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/travel/images/hang-son-doong-cave-1.jpg" /></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090724-biggest-cave-vietnam.html"><P>
Deer Cave is no less than 300-by-300 feet (91-by-91 meters), but it's only about a mile (1.6 kilometers) long.
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(See <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/worlds-biggest-cave-pictures/">photographs of the Son Doong cave</A>.)
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