This amazing stalactite and stalagmite cave, known as the Soreq cave, is a few kilometers east from Bet Shemesh in Israel. There are many caves in the area, but the Soreq cave is no doubt unique in its beauty.Here are a few pictures -- there are more at the site:
Discovered accidentally in 1968 after the mining explosion, it only has one 90-meter cavern, but the stalactite and stalagmite growth still continues, as the water keeps flowing down the rocks...
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Awesome. I never dreamed that they had anything like this in Israel.
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool. Note that the last picture you posted here is actually a painting. At first I was like WOW! The site makes it clear it's a Tolkien painting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pointer...
Aeryck