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Spelunkers Explore Crystalline Cave In New Mexico

Posted by timothy on from the caves-rock dept.

onehitwonder writes "New Mexico cavers have set foot — for the first time ever — on a 'river' of tiny, white calcite crystals covering a four-mile stretch of the floor of the Fort Stanton Cave in New Mexico. The privileged few spelunkers who have explored the 'Snowy River' formation say they've seen nothing like it. Not only is Snowy River exquisite, it is also home to some three dozen species of microbes previously unknown to man."

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  1. Re:Damaging a new find by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yup, it's called "California", A.K.A. "North Mexico".

  2. Re:Damaging a new find by jamesh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    A recursive sig
    Can impart wisdom and truth
    GoTo start_of_sig

    That looks like an iterative sig to me... no wisdom or truth to be found here.