Showing posts with label Crystal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crystal. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Nature knows sometimes how to impress produced with landscapes on the planet over several hundred years. From lake with unusual color, deserts, where there is over 900 years old trees and magnificent caves, offers nature experiences worth remembering. These landscapes will be an everlasting inspiration for artists. The floor has a network of tunnels and holes bitten carved stones from water droplets or by acid over millions of years. If the holes big enough to squeeze an opening on the surface and is intended for human, we have caves. There are so incredible caves of the earth.

The scientists now intercession this cave are protected as World Heritage by UNESCO in order to enable future generations to see this beauty admirable. The crystal cave in Mexico is geological wonder of incredible size and beauty.

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (1)

Image by Paul Williams via Flickr

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (2)

Image by Marc Ammerlaan via Flickr

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (3)

Image by via Flickr OggiScienza

In Naica mountain in Mexico, volcanic activity has created conditions for the formation of the cave. Scientists have the amazing discovery, the subway is cave, which has the largest crystals in the world. In Cueva de los Cristales known as Crystal Cave You can created over millions of years by volcanic activity to see unique gypsum crystals. The largest crystal found, there are heavy 12 m length, 4 m in diameter and 55 tonnes. These crystals are only found here, thanks to the unique conditions of the Crystal Cave, in terms of water flow and due to the temperature range. In the cave is very hot.

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (4)

Image by via Flickr OggiScienza

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (5)

Image by Géry parents via Flickr

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (6)

Image by Paul Williams via Flickr

The air temperatures can reach up to 58 ° C at 90 to 99 percent humidity. In 2000, discovered by miners, the cave is part of an active mine, so warm because of its visitors must wear full protective gear. Without adequate protection, people can only endure approximately ten minutes of exposure. The cave is several hundred meters long and has a semicircular shape. Every time you enter the cave, facilities employee loses about 2 liters of water, in fact, for this reason, the cave is relatively unexplored. Fortunately these giant gypsum crystals have no commercial use, so that they are saved.

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico (7)

Image by Paul Williams via Flickr

Friday, March 4, 2016

Crystal Mill is an old mill not far from the small ghost town of Crystal Colorado.
It was built around 1892, is also to be reassured about one of the most photographed sites in the US.

For more information visit Wikipedia Crystal Mill

Enlarge map of Crystal Mill


Next Photo of David Kingham (website, Facebook page)

Crystal Mill

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Next 2 photos of Trask Smith, visit his website bluecityphotography.com, he has beautiful photos.

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Next Photo of Jim Boud visit his flickr for more amazing things

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Monday, January 4, 2016

The giant waterspout at the entrance of the Swarovski Crystal was launched in 1995 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Swarovski. The Swarovski Crystal Worlds / visitor center / Swarovski Crystal Museum - is a tourist attraction in Wattens (Swarovski Wattens is companies' most important employers), about 10 km from Innsbruck, Austria
The visitor center has some fascinating & amp; amp ;. dynamic exhibitions of crystal, The entrance to the park, covered by the head of a water-spouting giant with vegetation and a part of a hill, with large sparkling crystal eyes and mouth, which is actually a water fountain.

For more information visit Wikipedia - Wattens or Swarovski official website

View Larger Map of Swarovski Crystal Worlds

Next 2 photos of traumlichtfabrik (Original photos here)

: Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Austria

Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Austria

: Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Austria

Swarovski Crystal, Austria