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Cave full of HUGE crystals
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Looks like the Captain was there.
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Stalactite and stalagmite
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Originally Posted by Big Mac 
Stalactite and stalagmite
Nah, that's a different process.
A couple friends of mine went there on a geology field trip and were trying to take pictures but water kept condensing on the camera lens.
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And the obligatory Sixteenth Chapel reference for completeness.
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Just thought the same when I read the article!
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I always thought that the "S" in that logo stood for "Superman". But why did Superman's old man wear the S?
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why do the photo's look so fake?
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Originally Posted by besson3c
I always thought that the "S" in that logo stood for "Superman". But why did Superman's old man wear the S?
Superdad?
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It's unclear from the article whether mere mortals can visit the cave, or only geologists or people associated with the mine. I'd love to see either the cave of crystals or the "cave of swords".
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
Dammit, I can't read Mexican!! 
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Originally Posted by moonmonkey
why do the photo's look so fake?
Probably because our brains can't accept that these crystals can be so large.
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S is the symbol for the family name, the House of El.
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Should be a gigantic L then.
House of L, get it?
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Stalactite and stalagmite
Are generally made of limestone and similar materials and cannot project horizontally from a wall (since they are formed by falling water).
Really cool pictures. I want to visit that place. I wonder if it's open to the public.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Should be a gigantic L then.
House of L, get it?
ah, but the kryptonian symbol of El is the symbol we like to call the S.
but of course, if you go back to the comic, it is also the first letter of the last names of the creators (Siegel and Shuster) and they said they did it for that reason.
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You are bursting with relevant info. Essentially, you are the bizarro Dakar.
Superman reference FTW?
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Originally Posted by His Dudeness
Dammit, I can't read Mexican!!
The photos are in English.
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Originally Posted by His Dudeness
Dammit, I can't read Mexican!!
"Mexican" is not a language. Spanish is however.
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Originally Posted by Sourbook
The photos are in American.
Fix'd. 
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
You are bursting with relevant info. Essentially, you are the bizarro Dakar.
Superman reference FTW?
nah, i'm full of useless crap. the rest i googled.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
"Mexican" is not a language. Spanish is however.
I know I might be talking out of my ass here, but maybe, just maybe, he was joking. I'm not married to the thought, just putting it out there. So you know.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Oh you fraud
nah, i knew an answer...didn't know if was a real one. i didn't know about the creators. but the House of El i thought was talked about in another story line on one of the TV series...
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Originally Posted by moonmonkey
why do the photo's look so fake?
Photo's what?
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We've got a regular besson on our hand's here.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Photo's what?
Do you mean " The photo's what?"
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
We've got a regular besson on our hand's here.
edit: added apostrophe
Wrong. You're just referring to the here that belongs to our hand.
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Is there not an appropriate cat photo for this situation?
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Wrong. You're just referring to the here that belongs to our hand.
I was really hoping to find some white text here.
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Originally Posted by design219
Is there not an appropriate cat photo for this situation?
Im in ur caves stealin' ur crystals?
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Originally Posted by design219
Is there not an appropriate cat photo for this situation?
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Apparently they need to take another look at how cats ears usually look like.
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That's a dog.
No, it's a rabbit!
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It doesn't look like a real cat or dog
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looks like a mouse from Cinderella.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
It doesn't look like a real cat or dog
Could be the crystal causing that effect.
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Originally Posted by design219
Could be the crystal causing that effect.
Good point. There could be a real cat or dog inside the crystal, trapped!
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
I know I might be talking out of my ass here, but maybe, just maybe, he was joking. I'm not married to the thought, just putting it out there. So you know.
What, ME joke??? I'm the most cynicist bastard I know.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Are generally made of limestone and similar materials and cannot project horizontally from a wall (since they are formed by falling water).
Horizontal growth of a formation would be called helictite but is possible in limestone etc cave systems.
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I recently saw the documentary series Planet Earth where, in their Caves episode, they documented the Lechuguilla cave system in New Mexico. I thought that was spectacularly other worldly, but this Cave of Crystals is just something else (and very Kryptonian)!
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That cave is awesome. The crystals grew when the caves were filled with water. Sweet.
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[Booger]Do you know the street value of this cave??? it's pure crystal!!![\Booger]
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