In January 2006 Speleoresearch & Films and the Team la Venta started a three year exploration campain to discover the Naica cave, Chihuahua, Messico. "It seems like walking into an oven. You're hit by ...

The Cave of the Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico is not only a stunning geological wonder but also incredibly dangerous to visit ...

These huge gypsum crystals in Mexico’s Naica caves, some up to 12m long, have been growing for tens of thousands of years -- but scientists have only now discovered what’s inside them ...

Giant crystals found in Naica min in Chihuahua, Mexico stand up to 36 feet tall and have measured over three feet wide. NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (U.S ...

And while other crystal chambers in the Naica Mine—like the Cave of Swords—have been explored more safely, nothing compares to the size and beauty of the main Cave of Crystals.

The cave, filled with spectacular crystals weighing up to 55 tonnes and reaching 11 metres in height, lies 300 metres beneath a lead mine in the town of Naica.

Deep below a mountain near Naica, Mexico, miners searching for fresh ore deposits in 2000 came across an unexpected and awesome sight. Massive, milky-white crystals towered around them, filling a ...

Huge, milky-white beams of gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) fill the Cave of Crystals near Naica, Mexico. For nearly a million years, conditions within the cave 290 m underground were perfect for the growth ...