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If you're thinking 'Wait, a giant crystal cave in Mexico? What's that?' then I'm SO excited for the image search you're about to do.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3266/
xkcd #3266: Holes
27 Comments
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 64 pts · 51d
Direct link to large version: https://xkcd.com/3266/large/
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 51d
You da the mvp. I was trying to decipher pixels.
janus2@lemmy.zip · 60 pts · 51d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals
positively kickass
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 51d
Note the person for scale
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 51d
this image exists rent free in my subconscious.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 51d
In the right conditions, an unprotected human in this cave will drown because the coolest spot for the water in the air to condense is inside of your lungs
topherclay@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 51d
And then suddenly a crystal erupts from your throat, and you become part of the ecosystem like some awesome Scavengers Reign scene.
janus2@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 51d
Video of the "oops" of Pantai Remis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantai_Remis_landslide
and Wikipedia article on Retsof including a section about the mine
Klear@piefed.world · 12 pts · 51d
Glad to see Wieliczka there, as it is the only one of these places I visited.
Amazing place
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 51d
Had no idea Deepwater Horizon was so superlative deep, thought it was just another ocean oil drilling expedition
pelya@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 51d
How did this happen? We need to rename the place immediately!
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 2 pts · 51d
Ironic typo
pelya@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 51d
Rest of your lake, rest of your salt, it's all down below.
Boy_of_Soy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 51d
I don't get it
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 51d
You know in Minecraft when you dig straight down and fall into a cavern and break your legs, and then your hole is all fucked up and you can't really salvage it? Like that
Boy_of_Soy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 51d
I've never played Minecraft. I'm even more confused now lol
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 51d
Sorry, you'll have to rectify that
probable_possum@leminal.space · 10 pts · 51d
Nobody has made a your mom joke? I'm proud of you.
historicaldocuments@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 51d
https://xkcd.com/681/
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 51d
Sorry, we were all busy with yours.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 5 pts · 51d
Not you. I'm not proud of you.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 51d
Sorry dad 🥺👉👈
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 5 pts · 51d
Lake Peigneur oops
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 51d
EarMaster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 51d
There is a 390m hand dug well? That's crazy…
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 51d
The only thing I wish it included were total lengths as some sit higher and don’t go down as deep on an absolute scale, but on a relatively scale the shafts and height are longer.
Deebster@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 31d
aka Stargate Command