Amazing Journey To The World’s Largest Cave That Has A Jungle And Waterfalls Hidden Deep Inside!
Son
Doong is the name of the world’s largest cave in the world. It is not only
huge, but also a very beautiful place filled with wonders.
It
is almost like an alien world on Earth. What is truly fascinating is the jungle
inside the cave.
As
you can see on these breathtaking images this is without doubt one of the most
remarkable places on our planet.
Son
Doong cave is more than 200 meters wide, 150 meters high, and approximately 9
kilometers long, with caverns big enough to fit an entire city street inside
them.
A jungle inside a cave? A roof collapse long ago in Hang Son Doong let in light; plants thickly followed. As “Sweeny” Sewell climbs to the surface, hikers struggle through the wryly named Garden of Edam. Image credit: Peter Carsten
It
located in Son Trach, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. The cave
was found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in
2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert.
It
was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the limestone
underneath the mountain where the limestone was weak, the ceiling collapsed
creating huge skylights.
And
as shown in these amazing images taken by photographer Carsten Peter, there is
even a jungle concealed deep inside the cave.
Because
of a collapsed portion of the cave roof, vegetation began to grow and form what
would be the largest cave jungle.
The
jungle is fairly small, but considering its location also fairly incredible. It
also has the nickname “Garden of Eden.”
Carsten
from Munich, Germany, took the images in 2010 when he joined British and German
cavers during further expeditions of the site.
The purpose of the expedition was to make a complete exploration of Hang Son Doong and create a photographic record of the cave.
Cartsen,
52 said he spent up to two weeks at a time deep inside the caves, where he
slept with just a sleeping bag and spent his time exploring and photographing
the secret underground world.
“We discovered new parts of the cave, it’s a huge area so to find them and access them is very difficult.
Photographing
caves of this size is a challenge, it needs a lot of preparation.
But
it’s a great feeling to photograph a newly discovered cave, for me I see the
cave for the first time when I see the photographs.
A big opening gate of cave – Going underground, expedition members enter Hang En, a cave tunneled out by the Rao Thuong River. Dwindling to a series of ponds during the dry months, the river can rise almost 300 feet during the flood season, covering the rocks where cavers stand. Image credit: Peter Carsten
I
love to explore, I have been in some great caves in my lifetime and this is one
of the most magnificent.
“Ken”
cave, it look like 2 occult eyes – A giant cave column swagged in flowstone
towers over explorers swimming through the depths of Hang Ken, one of 20 new
caves discovered in Vietnam. Image credit: Peter Carsten
In
this video, photographer Carsten Peter takes us along with him on a journey
into Son Doong, the world’s largest cave located in Vietnam. The biggest
chamber in the cave is over 3 miles long and more than four times taller than
the Statue of Liberty.
Wonderful waterfalls: A waterfall explodes into Hang Son Doong in the hidden depths of the Vietnamese jungle, which is part of a network of over 150 caves. Image credit: Peter Carsten
I’ve
been a photographer and explorer for the last 35 years and I’ve visited so many
caves, I’ve lost count. But this is by far one of the most unique and unusual
caves I have ever seen.
If
you want to see more Carsten’s amazing photos, make sure to visit the National geographic
gallery.
The
underground caverns are not easy to access. Son Doong is situated below another
cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang, though its entry passage is very difficult to
traverse.
It
takes explorers 6 hours of walking through a 10 kilometer long forest path from
Truong Son Highway to reach the mouth of Son Dong cave.
The
Son Doong cave is so large that explorers are still searching for its end!
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