During the extensive period of time recorded in the Nerja Cave between 30000 and 3000 years before present, which corresponds to the Late Pleistocene and Holocene lower end and half the rooms on the entrance to the Cave of Nerja were occupied by populations modern humans (Homo sapiens) during the stages of prehistory known as [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Karst resourgences of Western Caucasus
November 27, 2009 – 4:24 pm
Between 21.08.2009 and 13.09.2009 a cave diving expedition was acting in the Western Caucasus, it was lead by Yuri Evdokimov. The core of the expedition was a team of nine people. The aim of the expedition was to find the karst sprigs mentioned in literature, find the approach to them, and dive into them if [...]
Speleo – Video with music on YouTube
November 26, 2009 – 10:11 am
Film of Cédric Lachat, Gary Bernier, Raphaël Lachat et Thibeau Morron
Caves on Mars!
November 26, 2009 – 10:06 am
Caves could reveal secrets of life on Mars
Released: 10/19/2009 10:00:00 AM
Chris Okubo
U.S. Geological Survey
Virtual spelunking” finds possible cave system in Martian volcano flows
A series of depressions discovered on Mars could be entrances to a cave system that might provide shelter for future Mars missions or shed light on whether microbial life forms have ever existed [...]
-153m at Sintzi Spring, Greece
November 24, 2009 – 11:45 am
After several months of preparation another expedition was successfully completed at the spring Sintzi in Kandhila, in the County of Arcadia, Peloponnisos, on Saturday July 4 2009. With the completion of the last expedition the explored depth is now 153 meters, which ranks the spring as the deepest known underwater natural cavity in Greece.
In detail, [...]
Panoramic pictures from Hungary
November 24, 2009 – 12:35 am
On the following links above, you can see and move (with arrows and other buttons) in these panoramic pictures from Hungary.
Mátyás-hegyi cave
József-hegyi cave
Szelim cave
A virus similar to Ebola attacks the bats in Spain
November 20, 2009 – 9:38 am
News extracted from THE PERIODICO.COM 30/10/2009 15:07 h NEW DISEASE
• The pathogen is present in the 27 species on the peninsula
A virus whose genetic sequence is quite homologous to the Ebola virus, which until now was restricted to certain African countries, have been found among the 27 species of bats live in caves of [...]
The Fourth Hypogean Archeology Congress
November 19, 2009 – 4:26 pm
I write to remember you “The Fourth Hypogean Archeology Congress” that will be on the air by NapoliUnderground Channel on 21th and 22th of November.
http://www.napoliunderground.org/it/nug-channel.html
The congress program:
http://www.napoliunderground.org/it/forum.html?func=view&catid=8&id=11
Best regards Fulvio NapoliUnderground
Pania 2009 – another attempt
November 18, 2009 – 5:37 am
Cave divers from Moscow and from Crimea attempted to swim trough the siphon at the end of Pania cave (Crimea), which was a target of previvious unsuccesful diving expeditinons. Now divers reached more then -40m depth, and 200m distance from the entrace of the siphon, but did not found a clear continuation. Your can read [...]
Padirac – 120 years of exploration
November 16, 2009 – 9:38 am
Here you can read about and watch the videos of the joint expedition of France Federation Speleology and France Television to the Gouffre Padirac, for the anniversary of 120 years exploration started by E.A. Martel in this cave.