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worlds most dysfunctional local group

Speak of the devil, or rather hear the devil! University researchers in Finland have uncovered a mysterious resonance at Devils Church cave that may have once echoed the conversations between healers, sages, and the supposed Devil himself.

Artà, Mallorca, 07-12-23

Meramec Caverns, Stanton, MO

Amelia and Abbey’s Route 66 Draft Trip

'Lacy's Caves', Little Salkeld, Cumbria

Three Graces

Diamond Caverns on State Highway, KY

Pub. by W. L. Boswell, Nashville, TN

okay so here are the last few refs. in order we have Forty-Eight Marbles (Mancala!), Under The Rose, and Years Of Ubiety.

i'll post some extra art of these guys uhhhhh soon. bc i have a stockpile lol. but i've reblogged all the stuff i need to here so let's get this party started.

gonna start my cavern fucking shenanigans

Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland

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Photos from recent cavern escapades

[Caverns.]

The world’s largest musical instrument is in the last place you’d expect to find it. The Great Stalacpipe Organ is located deep below Virginia and is made out of Stalactites.

In some of the philosophical degrees, the place of meeting is figuratively termed a cavern, in imitation, probably, of the spurious Freemasonry, which was always held in the bowels of the earth; and the most stupendous specimens of the fact are visible to this day in the Indian, Persian, and Egyptian subterranean temples. In some places, entire mountains were excavated, and the cavern was constructed with cells, chambers, galleries, and streets, also supported by columns, and forming a subterranean labyrinth. Examples of this practice are found in the excavations underneath the great pyramid of Egypt; at Baix and Sena Julia in Italy; near Nauplia, in Greece; at Elephanta and Salsette, in India; at Ceylon; and in Malta is a cave, where we are told that ‘the rock is not only cut into spacious passages, but hollowed out into numerous contiguous halls and apartments.’ Similar cavern temples are found in every country upon earth.

Rev. George Oliver

Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry (vol. I)

i wanna talk about caves gimme your cave facts

since you didnt ask for anything specific so im just gonna say whatever comes to mind

- the type of cave you probably think of, the kind with different formations and pools of mirror-like reflective water, is called a cavern, solution cave, or karst cave. these are formed when water enters a crack of soluble rock like limestone and erodes it away

- some of the other ways caves can form is by the wind or ocean. these ones look vastly different to caverns and are known for there flowing shapes. ive yet to visit a sand or sea cave yet!

- stalactites, those big rock icicles that hang from the ceiling. grow about .005 inches a year. when you go into your next solution cave, look at those stalactites and think about how long it took for them to get as big as they are

- the largest underground lake in america is called the lost sea, second only to the lake inside dragon’s breath cave in namibia. (in the non-subglacial lake category. subglacial lakes are big enough to even make me shudder

- we all know axolotls. those cute minecraft mobs that eat fish and live in caves, right? ….nope. axolotls live in freshwater lakes in mexico. they resemble cave animals like the olm because they bot exhibit neotony. neotony occurs when animals (salamanders, in the axolotl and olm’s case) retain juvenile traits instead of growing out of them

- the largest cave in the world is han son doong in vietman. son doong, along with other asian caves similar to it, is large enough to support its own rainforest ecosystem and has stalagmites over 200 feet tall. its the holy grail of caves to visit, and hopefully i’ll be able to make the trip someday!

- mammoth cave is the longest known cave system in the world, and is a solution cave. but walking into it, you dont see any of the usual cave formations. thats because the cap of the mountain much of mammoth rests under is shale, which is less soluble than rocks like limestone and gypsum. that didnt stop the green river from carving it out from underneath, though. the green river still flows through mammoth and occasionally floods some passages in the wet season.

thats all i can think of! if anyone wants to know more specific stuff i will gladly tell you as much as i know