Spread in a number of countries around the world beautiful caves located in the ground, and is characterized by stunning natural scenery and the intertwining of stones and water inside;
The primitive nature of the caves has a special appeal, said Paula Fraulich in an article in the Newsweek magazine. Before reviewing the most beautiful and famous:
Mammoth Cave (United States)
It is the longest cave in the world, and is located under the valley of the Green River, and the length of its corridors 643 kilometers, but it is not yet fully discovered. The cave is home to many underground animals, such as fish that have no eyes, cave salamanders, and white cave prawns.
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Blue Cave (Italy)
This cave exceeds sixty meters in length and is 25 meters wide, and was used by the Roman emperor Tiberius previously for swimming.
The light flowing from the small opening outside and reflecting on the clear water and then breaking to reach the sandy bottom deeper than 149 meters is the source of its unique glow in blue.
Candle Cave (Palestine)
Known as the Sorek Cave Nature Reserve, this cave is an important reference for the history of climate in the Mediterranean region through the high-density descending columns discovered in the cave.
Crystal Cave (Bermuda)
Visiting this cave is a magical underground experience formed in modern times, but humans found it only about a hundred years ago, and its roof radiated with crystal crystals and limestone stones, and lies a lake under its fresh and salty water that exceeds 18 meters deep.
Crystal Cave (Mexico)
The writer explained that this cave looks like a sanctuary "Superman", and contains a large number of natural crystals found, and some of the length of 11.8 meters and a thickness of 3.9 meters.
Despite the beauty of this natural masterpiece, its discovery was very limited due to many logistical difficulties, such as the high temperature due to its presence on a volcanic crater and blocking the crystal crystals of the corridors.
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Fingal Cave (Scotland)
This cave is located within an uninhabited island in Scotland in the archipelago of the inner islands, and is mainly composed of hexagonal basalt rock pillars formed by the lava flow in the Paleocene era.
The cave became famous after being named in one of the poems of the 18th century and appearing in many artistic and literary works for centuries.
Itomo Glowing Caves (New Zealand)
The system of the Waitomo Caves was formed thirty million years ago and includes many unique aspects, such as a huge underground stone area known as the "Cathedral".
Gloworm Grotto is the region's most prominent cave, and visitors can walk inside its underground river and enjoy the gleaming worms that adorn its roof as if it were bright stars.
Shandong Cave (Vietnam)
This is the largest cave in the world, with a height of more than 198 meters and a length of 6.5 kilometers, as well as the rising columns, some of which reach a length of 69.7 meters.
The cave was found in 1991 by a Vietnamese man before he became world famous in 2009.
Skokgan Cave (Slovenia)
This cave is part of the UNESCO list of archaeological sites, and contains one of the largest corridors in the world, and has been home to humans since prehistoric times, and many agree that this cave is one of the most beautiful caves in the world, and includes between the corridors and stalks make the visitor feel as if In a science fiction film.
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Marble Caves (Chile)
These secluded caves are located in the public Lake Carrera in the heart of Chile's Patagonia region, and are only accessible by boat.
Black and white columns reflect the azure and vivid blue waters of the lake, which vary according to the seasons.
Oboe Cave (China)
Located north of Guilin City, this cave is known as the "Palace of Natural Arts" and is full of inscriptions dating back to the Tang Dynasty.
Skaftavel Ice Cave (Iceland)
According to the writer that ice caves are a natural phenomenon in Iceland, and they look like in the form of the caves of the famous film "Frozen".
These caves are undergoing many changes, with snow melting in summer, revealing new pathways, and freezing in winter. Some of the corridors have very thin walls that allow visitors to see the frozen underground waterfalls through the ice.