Beneath our sunlit world lies an unknown universe of breathtaking caverns, treacherous passageways, and absolute darkness. This video explores a new cave, New Mexico's Lechuguilla, first penetrated in 1986; it contains gypsum chandeliers, gnarled calcite columns, and jewel-like lakes. The video also includes footage from the 1972 expedition that discovered a passageway linking the Mammoth and Flint Ridge Cave systems, creating the longest cave network in the world.
Mysteries Underground
Beneath our sunlit world lies an unknown universe of breathtaking caverns, treacherous passageways, and absolute darkness. This video explores a new cave, New Mexico's Lechuguilla, first penetrated in 1986.
