Inside the world's largest crystal 'cave' - BBC REEL
Discovered in 1999 inside an abandoned mine in Southern Spain, Pulpí Geode is the largest crystal 'cave' of its kind in the world.
But what exactly is a geode and how do crystals form inside them?
Discover and be amazed by this wonder of nature.
A film by Next Stop Stories for BBC Reel.
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@gjsoriano1
2 жыл бұрын
The freshwater jellyfish in the Pacific island.
@esmeraldashreiner6824
2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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@esmeraldashreiner6824
2 жыл бұрын
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@Mp57navy
2 жыл бұрын
Salt crystal caves, similar to these. There are some I've visited in eastern Germany. The crystals are meters big, and the caves are huge. Merkers, Thuringia, Germany.
I toured the mines last year and the Geode is truly breathtaking.
@DennisMoore664
2 жыл бұрын
I need to get my passport renewed.
@hertbrayn5203
2 жыл бұрын
Are u syur 🥴
@marvisjone5667
Жыл бұрын
Stop capping
@zer0bankoe
Жыл бұрын
Breathtaking, do you realize? 😂
@paulinawon2019
7 ай бұрын
Can I get some information about the travel agent ? I can book the tour before arrival. Many thanks!
This is wonderful, it's the only one you can visit, the Naica cave was flooded again to preserve it.
@haseo8244
2 жыл бұрын
And there are still more hidden somewhere in the world.
@kdjnhdojgdjjdhrge7824
2 ай бұрын
@@haseo8244 There is a bigger one discovered April 18th 2024 in Madagascar called the 'Kianja Kristaly' (Crystal Arena). One of the biggest crystals in there holds a partially preserved Titanosaurus. The Madagascan government closed all access, even to scientists, until further notice.
The World is an amazing place let’s not loose it.
@mikewhocheeseharry5292
2 жыл бұрын
Strapping on a belt tends to help me with loose pants.
@leolow2057
2 жыл бұрын
Every 60 seconds is equal to 1 minute in Africa.
@olgierdogden4742
2 жыл бұрын
@@leolow2057 And? 1 minute to a 6 year old child appears to be a far longer transit of time compared to 1 minute to an adult. And time if purely designed for the purpose of humanity. In reality time actually doesn’t exist, but I dare say you or someone else will grind this one until it becomes sand and gets blown away like the rest of humanity’s time.
@leolow2057
2 жыл бұрын
@@olgierdogden4742 you need some milk
@olgierdogden4742
2 жыл бұрын
@@leolow2057 Well at least I have a brain which is nearly 70 years old and a soul that is far older and wiser than what spout’s forth from the comfort of an armchair. Grow up and keep your little quips for someone of your mentality let alone age. End of!
So happy they preserved this wonder of nature ❤
I’ve been there! We didn’t know anything about it when we went to stay in Mar de Pulpí, but it turned out to be one of the best (and one of the only) things to do there. The geode is like looking into Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Totally gorgeous.
@toneenorman2135
2 жыл бұрын
Do you get to touch the crystals? Thank you.
@KA-vs7nl
2 жыл бұрын
@@toneenorman2135 yes you walk all over them
@Jameslockheeart
8 ай бұрын
1Whoa really they let you do that?? in my experence most tours allow eyes only lol! @@KA-vs7nl
@ewe392
28 күн бұрын
How expensive
We went to visit the Geode (Almeria) and it was awesome. I am everything I learn on my Physical Science class. My students were so impress with this beautiful and unique nature beautifulness. I am so glad I got to visit and show the pictures. Special thanks to Manuel who was a wonderful guide. My husband Rafa is sending him a big hi.
Beautiful beyond words!
BEAUTIFUL!!! Please do not let humans tear it up. Thanks🌺
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
Why would they these crystals are worthless and priceless where they stand
@Jameslockheeart
8 ай бұрын
It's a good thing that these are worthless because if they wern't they would be long mined and sold linning sombodys pocket! I hope they will stay intact forever @@timohara7717
I hope it stays in tact for ever. It is so so beautiful.
@darkapothecary4116
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing last forever but it might survive about two times its age
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
@@darkapothecary4116 might survive one more ice age
Wow! Superman's home!
This is so cool. It reminds me of that scene in the old Superman movie. Except that this one is real and natural. Simply Beautiful.
Imagine places that has yet to be discovered and maybe they never will be, what a wonderful world.
Just so beautiful.
I read this in Reader's Digest, maybe 10-15 years ago. Still fascinated.
Wow!!! That is gorgeous!!!
This is on my to do list now!
Very informative and beautiful. Watched it twice. Once for the translation and twice for the the view.
How wonderful you have had this experience. I have dreamed of being inside with giant crystals for many years well before these discoveries. Absolutely fascinating. I hope to someday in the near future to be able to visit. And I will still be allowed to see. Thank you for this video. Very well made too. 😉👍❤
The largest cave is Naica, this is the largest geode - so the content says, hence the title on the thumbnail is wrong But in any case, what beauty
@RavinRay
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair they did put _cave_ in quotation marks but I get your point.
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
@@RavinRay wait it is a geode? Bruh that's weird thought it was a cave. A single Boulder made this? Wow
Oh, thank you. This is lovely😘
Lindo el lugar. Impresionante.
Speechless~~ Amazing!!
I had this confused for the one cave that is much too hot and humid to spend time in. That geode is magnificent! Imagine all the other hidden places we have beneath our feet...
@RealBradMiller
2 жыл бұрын
Even the stuff the miners left behind is awesome, looks straight out of the Fallout franchise! Those sandals look like they were made from old tires.
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
It's probabaly a similar thing with thid usually larger cobalt or dolomite crystals really only form with heat
Would love to visit one day!! 💎❤️
Wauw .. Just awesome! Would be fun to play with light and lasers in there. I need to go see this..
Amazing! That's a huge geode! We started using Dolomite in epoxy matrix as a filler for Terrazzo Flooring... It's my understanding that it is used in swimming pool plastering... that's what makes it sparkle...
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
I think it's a normal cave with crystals
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
Probably a lava tunnel
Amazing , what nature can do .
On my bucket list right now!
good research!
Wow, time to go to Spain then.
Wow That's really nice!
On my bucket list now
That was SO COOLLL!
Muy hermosa🙂
Wonderful
Beautiful nature we mustika saved this ... for next generation can seeing
im sure it will close soon cause im sure people who visit it ate taking souvenirs, same as with coral in the florida keys
You can't fool us, that's Superman's lair.
Amazing
Fascinating.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful place God bless
This is insane it’s straight out of fiction
The guy who discovered this cave died horribly but left us with this paradise
That is so cool... I don't even have anything valuable to say besides that.
They found Superman's ship underground.
You found the Selia Crystal Mine! Be careful. Caelid is nearby.
awesome
They need to dig it all up and bring it to museum exhibit near me so i can maybe visit one day when i have time.
@nicolamorrell3723
2 жыл бұрын
Haha
Yeah not sure why anyone is going to space when all the awesome stuff is right here where we live. 💙☮️🙏
Thanks for posting. What an astounding, and huge geode.
Now that is interesting news
Fortress of Solitude in real life.
Walter White cooked all of these crystals and stored them there!
The largest crystal 'CAVE" in the world is naturally the Naica cave in Mexico, this one is Spain is a little geode compared to it, the title of the video should be changed appropriately to world's largest geode if that is the point they want to make. small but beautiful.
supersize version of average geode you see from gift shops. that really puts into perspective how big that cave is.
Are there any portals to other dimensions in the cave?
reminds me of the film called The Core 2003 ‧ Sci-fi/Action The film focuses on a team whose mission is to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to restart the rotation of the Earth's core
I must go and see this cave next time I am in Andalusia.
I wonder if there is any possibility for some very little crystals alike to these of Pulpí to be sold. In the roman empire they use selenite gypsum rock (lapis specularis) as glass for the windows, etc... of the houses and buildings. Evidently it can't substitute glass but it's an interesting material and I'd like to know if there's any place in the world where I can find this material, where it is being sold in small quantities. It would be interesting to use a little of this material in very small quantities along with the other traditional materials usually used.
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
Idk seems interesting
Que belleza
Beautiful 😘
Looks like the home of Superman
there is some use of this crystals we didnt find it yet
I would LOVE to go and sit in this cave, GEODE and Meditate.
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
Scunide mission
now superman will find this cave to regain his superpower
At 0:59 Plasterboard is a poor translation for "plancha de yeso" - she is referring to a gypsum deposit.
@darnellgrape-drinker4916
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you I was like wtf?
🔮 Hard structures protect the Earth's interior?🔮 beautiful👏🏻
She seems to say "This is formed with water, but we're worried about water getting on it" I wonder if more water with the exactly right minerals could cause these to grow more
Sit inside that giant geode for 5 minutes and your mind will be crystal clear. 😎
The one on Put in bayt island on lake erie can fit a dozen people inside of it.
How can I reserve access to Crystal Cave?
Imagine the quartz watch you can make with one of those crystals!. Heavy on the wrist though!.
@MOEMUGGY
2 жыл бұрын
They're not that kind of crystal. They're soft enough you can dig your finger nail into them... I know right. It bummed me out when I heard this too.
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
@@MOEMUGGY at least their strong enough to hold their weight
Reminds me of the book The Crystal Cave in the Merlin series by Mary Stewart ( I think that is the author's name).
Word of advice, do not smoke this crystal, they said it was the same but it's not the same
Sure looks like selenite crystals, whaaaaaaaaat a cave it is!
What about the Naica cave in Mexico, the crystals are twice as big!?
The movie "Core" was right all along 😮
Omg this is my dream house lol
Well, I think there are plenty of them, but when do we ever look inside earth crust?
... to the middle point of earth - story by Jules Verne als very big cristalls - but here in Mexico and hot clima under earth. And Geode - the Odeon on God - it's musik with text of Friedrich Schiller.
🤔 I wonder if they have a laser light show in this cave, it would be spectacular with all of he reflections….
I mean, the miners might've been awed when they found that geode, even though it meant they're gonna have to change their mining route. I can imagine them telling their family about the amazing cave, and how their boss excitedly took some pictures in it while complaining that they're not gonna meet their schedule.
Looks like supermans fortress of solitude
There is a little known crystal cave in Jackson county Alabama. I can't find any information about it on the internet. I have never seen it, but I have talked to a couple of cavers from that area that say there is enough room to stand up inside of the geode. There are many caves in Jackson county, but, only one crystal cave that I have heard of. I think the spelunkers want to keep it a secrete.
Mother Nature is the Best.
It looks like the kingdom of the Mole Man in his first appearance in the Fantastic Four comic book
I do admire this find but checking humidity seems ridicolous to me... It has been there for millions of years loolz :P
What's the difference between a cave of crystals and a geode this size? Excuse my ignorance but I didn't get her explanation about the difference between Naica Mine and this one
@RavinRay
2 жыл бұрын
A cave is formed from the hollowing out of pre-existing rock via weathering and erosion, with crystals like stalaCtites (from the Ceiling) and stalaGmites (from the Ground) growing later. A geode starts from a hollow, usually rounded space that is formed from, say gas bubbles in igneous or sedimentary rocks as they harden; these vesicles or air pockets are then filled with crystals deposited on the inner wall growing inwards by mineral saturated water seeping into the hollow from cracks and fissures. Hope I explained it clearly for you.
@samelis6546
2 жыл бұрын
@@RavinRay Thanks a lot! Yes, it's a very clear explanation :D Have a great day.
Guau!😀😃😮😯😲
I want to make a drumset with some of these and see what it would sound like
@timohara7717
Жыл бұрын
Probabaly just boring rock sounds
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Healing power of the crystals, where are these chicks???
@mysticrose4430
2 жыл бұрын
Selenite, master healer, clear quartz, master crystal , hehe
After what is being said in the video, why is “cave” still in the videos title? It is made clear that it not the biggest crystal cave and still this is the title?!
i feel like this lady could teach me spanish
Titans!!
💣💥
I think this was an intentional misnomer but this is a Geode in a cave not a crystal cave. It's the biggest geode not the biggest crystal cave.
My claustrophobia will not allow me to come here... to 😨
Me and the bois boutta get the Moonlight greatsword from Seath The Scaleless