The Cave of Crystals is an underground cavern filled with tree-size gypsum crystals, including some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave is located around 980 feet (300 meters) deep ...

The Chihuahuan Desert is a sparse but stunning ecosystem straddling the border between Northern Mexico, Southern New Mexico, and West Texas. High in elevation and low in humidity, the desert plays ...

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 ...

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Mexico's caves appear to be filled with secrets just waiting to be discovered. A breathtaking geological marvel buried deep within the Earth has been dubbed the "best kept and most breathtaking secret ...

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. "We've ...

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 ...

Giant crystals that can reach sizes larger than houses grow at incredibly slow rates, taking as long as a million years to reach more than two stories tall, scientists now find. Crystals made of ...

Huge, milky-white beams of gypsum (CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O) 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 of ...