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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  • @BBC_Global
    @BBC_Global2 жыл бұрын

    Are there any other natural wonders that you'd like us to explore in a video?

  • @gjsoriano1

    @gjsoriano1

    2 жыл бұрын

    The freshwater jellyfish in the Pacific island.

  • @esmeraldashreiner6824

    @esmeraldashreiner6824

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @esmeraldashreiner6824

    @esmeraldashreiner6824

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zzftiqw

  • @esmeraldashreiner6824

    @esmeraldashreiner6824

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stud deer s t

  • @Mp57navy

    @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.

  • @JasonWilliams-gd8vl
    @JasonWilliams-gd8vl2 жыл бұрын

    I toured the mines last year and the Geode is truly breathtaking.

  • @DennisMoore664

    @DennisMoore664

    2 жыл бұрын

    I need to get my passport renewed.

  • @hertbrayn5203

    @hertbrayn5203

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are u syur 🥴

  • @marvisjone5667

    @marvisjone5667

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop capping

  • @zer0bankoe

    @zer0bankoe

    Жыл бұрын

    Breathtaking, do you realize? 😂

  • @paulinawon2019

    @paulinawon2019

    7 ай бұрын

    Can I get some information about the travel agent ? I can book the tour before arrival. Many thanks!

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher77902 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful, it's the only one you can visit, the Naica cave was flooded again to preserve it.

  • @haseo8244

    @haseo8244

    2 жыл бұрын

    And there are still more hidden somewhere in the world.

  • @kdjnhdojgdjjdhrge7824

    @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.

  • @olgierdogden4742
    @olgierdogden47422 жыл бұрын

    The World is an amazing place let’s not loose it.

  • @mikewhocheeseharry5292

    @mikewhocheeseharry5292

    2 жыл бұрын

    Strapping on a belt tends to help me with loose pants.

  • @leolow2057

    @leolow2057

    2 жыл бұрын

    Every 60 seconds is equal to 1 minute in Africa.

  • @olgierdogden4742

    @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

    @leolow2057

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@olgierdogden4742 you need some milk

  • @olgierdogden4742

    @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!

  • @splintmeow4723
    @splintmeow47232 жыл бұрын

    So happy they preserved this wonder of nature ❤

  • @CM-dh8py
    @CM-dh8py2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @toneenorman2135

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you get to touch the crystals? Thank you.

  • @KA-vs7nl

    @KA-vs7nl

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toneenorman2135 yes you walk all over them

  • @Jameslockheeart

    @Jameslockheeart

    8 ай бұрын

    1Whoa really they let you do that?? in my experence most tours allow eyes only lol! @@KA-vs7nl

  • @ewe392

    @ewe392

    28 күн бұрын

    How expensive

  • @marelisramirez7197
    @marelisramirez7197 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sparkle4051
    @sparkle40512 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful beyond words!

  • @khadijah3519
    @khadijah35192 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL!!! Please do not let humans tear it up. Thanks🌺

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    Why would they these crystals are worthless and priceless where they stand

  • @Jameslockheeart

    @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

  • @cenedraleaheldra5275
    @cenedraleaheldra52752 жыл бұрын

    I hope it stays in tact for ever. It is so so beautiful.

  • @darkapothecary4116

    @darkapothecary4116

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing last forever but it might survive about two times its age

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@darkapothecary4116 might survive one more ice age

  • @zkatch
    @zkatch2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Superman's home!

  • @shanicemupamombe5703
    @shanicemupamombe57032 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ChicoCarvallo
    @ChicoCarvallo2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine places that has yet to be discovered and maybe they never will be, what a wonderful world.

  • @christopherhughes2211
    @christopherhughes22112 жыл бұрын

    Just so beautiful.

  • @p.singson3910
    @p.singson39102 жыл бұрын

    I read this in Reader's Digest, maybe 10-15 years ago. Still fascinated.

  • @JustAThought155
    @JustAThought1552 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!! That is gorgeous!!!

  • @mujkocka
    @mujkocka2 жыл бұрын

    This is on my to do list now!

  • @Wutzmename
    @Wutzmename Жыл бұрын

    Very informative and beautiful. Watched it twice. Once for the translation and twice for the the view.

  • @sharisimonehampton5434
    @sharisimonehampton54347 ай бұрын

    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. 😉👍❤

  • @enthusedtosing9655
    @enthusedtosing96552 жыл бұрын

    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

    @RavinRay

    2 жыл бұрын

    To be fair they did put _cave_ in quotation marks but I get your point.

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@RavinRay wait it is a geode? Bruh that's weird thought it was a cave. A single Boulder made this? Wow

  • @mikkimikki5376
    @mikkimikki53762 жыл бұрын

    Oh, thank you. This is lovely😘

  • @kearnterrence4779
    @kearnterrence47792 жыл бұрын

    Lindo el lugar. Impresionante.

  • @4061earthabcdesong
    @4061earthabcdesong2 жыл бұрын

    Speechless~~ Amazing!!

  • @RealBradMiller
    @RealBradMiller2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    It's probabaly a similar thing with thid usually larger cobalt or dolomite crystals really only form with heat

  • @JJ_Magnificent
    @JJ_Magnificent2 жыл бұрын

    Would love to visit one day!! 💎❤️

  • @heinedenmark
    @heinedenmark2 жыл бұрын

    Wauw .. Just awesome! Would be fun to play with light and lasers in there. I need to go see this..

  • @jamescoleakaericunderwood2503
    @jamescoleakaericunderwood25032 жыл бұрын

    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

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it's a normal cave with crystals

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably a lava tunnel

  • @HigherRPMs
    @HigherRPMs2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing , what nature can do .

  • @xxxx-qo9dh
    @xxxx-qo9dh5 ай бұрын

    On my bucket list right now!

  • @seekerwonderer2619
    @seekerwonderer26192 жыл бұрын

    good research!

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, time to go to Spain then.

  • @dondichuidian7776
    @dondichuidian77762 жыл бұрын

    Wow That's really nice!

  • @karmapolice5532
    @karmapolice55322 жыл бұрын

    On my bucket list now

  • @wendylow5748
    @wendylow57482 жыл бұрын

    That was SO COOLLL!

  • @samatha1994
    @samatha19942 жыл бұрын

    Muy hermosa🙂

  • @sujanghosh4267
    @sujanghosh42672 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful

  • @siefanziee
    @siefanziee2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful nature we mustika saved this ... for next generation can seeing

  • @perry92964
    @perry929642 жыл бұрын

    im sure it will close soon cause im sure people who visit it ate taking souvenirs, same as with coral in the florida keys

  • @jivatma
    @jivatma2 жыл бұрын

    You can't fool us, that's Superman's lair.

  • @adamrios3141
    @adamrios3141 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @RevMikeBlack
    @RevMikeBlack Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating.

  • @Celestialkarma
    @Celestialkarma5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful place God bless

  • @cccc285
    @cccc2853 ай бұрын

    This is insane it’s straight out of fiction

  • @alienobserver2431
    @alienobserver2431 Жыл бұрын

    The guy who discovered this cave died horribly but left us with this paradise

  • @mightychicken7774
    @mightychicken77742 жыл бұрын

    That is so cool... I don't even have anything valuable to say besides that.

  • @cyclingcmdr
    @cyclingcmdr2 жыл бұрын

    They found Superman's ship underground.

  • @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon
    @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon2 жыл бұрын

    You found the Selia Crystal Mine! Be careful. Caelid is nearby.

  • @consis
    @consis2 жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @chloel626
    @chloel6262 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nicolamorrell3723

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @saraxdouglas8577
    @saraxdouglas85773 ай бұрын

    Yeah not sure why anyone is going to space when all the awesome stuff is right here where we live. 💙☮️🙏

  • @petergambier
    @petergambier2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting. What an astounding, and huge geode.

  • @354sd
    @354sd2 жыл бұрын

    Now that is interesting news

  • @SudipBishwakarma
    @SudipBishwakarma2 жыл бұрын

    Fortress of Solitude in real life.

  • @OnlyInCyprus4
    @OnlyInCyprus42 жыл бұрын

    Walter White cooked all of these crystals and stored them there!

  • @douglasortiz571
    @douglasortiz5712 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @IdOfFanin
    @IdOfFanin2 жыл бұрын

    supersize version of average geode you see from gift shops. that really puts into perspective how big that cave is.

  • @SemGabelko
    @SemGabelko2 жыл бұрын

    Are there any portals to other dimensions in the cave?

  • @3DLL.
    @3DLL.2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @1rober2
    @1rober22 жыл бұрын

    I must go and see this cave next time I am in Andalusia.

  • @natneopit5366
    @natneopit5366 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    Idk seems interesting

  • @angelapantaleon
    @angelapantaleon2 жыл бұрын

    Que belleza

  • @chrisrinelambert9418
    @chrisrinelambert94182 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful 😘

  • @andrewvillafuerte5590
    @andrewvillafuerte55902 жыл бұрын

    Looks like the home of Superman

  • @jurkobatina1229
    @jurkobatina12294 ай бұрын

    there is some use of this crystals we didnt find it yet

  • @trinitytwo14992
    @trinitytwo149922 жыл бұрын

    I would LOVE to go and sit in this cave, GEODE and Meditate.

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    Scunide mission

  • @jonitan76
    @jonitan762 жыл бұрын

    now superman will find this cave to regain his superpower

  • @messyaup1
    @messyaup12 жыл бұрын

    At 0:59 Plasterboard is a poor translation for "plancha de yeso" - she is referring to a gypsum deposit.

  • @darnellgrape-drinker4916

    @darnellgrape-drinker4916

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I was like wtf?

  • @MoritaJunichiro
    @MoritaJunichiro11 ай бұрын

    🔮 Hard structures protect the Earth's interior?🔮 beautiful👏🏻

  • @utahwaxwing
    @utahwaxwing8 ай бұрын

    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

  • @iamtg1
    @iamtg19 ай бұрын

    Sit inside that giant geode for 5 minutes and your mind will be crystal clear. 😎

  • @markrunk9171
    @markrunk91712 жыл бұрын

    The one on Put in bayt island on lake erie can fit a dozen people inside of it.

  • @paulinawon2019
    @paulinawon20197 ай бұрын

    How can I reserve access to Crystal Cave?

  • @coffeejack7458
    @coffeejack74582 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the quartz watch you can make with one of those crystals!. Heavy on the wrist though!.

  • @MOEMUGGY

    @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

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@MOEMUGGY at least their strong enough to hold their weight

  • @Timeisirrelevant
    @Timeisirrelevant2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the book The Crystal Cave in the Merlin series by Mary Stewart ( I think that is the author's name).

  • @leegrim7504
    @leegrim75042 жыл бұрын

    Word of advice, do not smoke this crystal, they said it was the same but it's not the same

  • @TheCrystalCollector
    @TheCrystalCollector2 жыл бұрын

    Sure looks like selenite crystals, whaaaaaaaaat a cave it is!

  • @cantertuft3195
    @cantertuft31952 жыл бұрын

    What about the Naica cave in Mexico, the crystals are twice as big!?

  • @hvip4
    @hvip46 ай бұрын

    The movie "Core" was right all along 😮

  • @LVXMagick
    @LVXMagick2 жыл бұрын

    Omg this is my dream house lol

  • @yellowstome5856
    @yellowstome5856 Жыл бұрын

    Well, I think there are plenty of them, but when do we ever look inside earth crust?

  • @michaelbayer5887
    @michaelbayer58872 жыл бұрын

    ... 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.

  • @adityavikram83
    @adityavikram832 жыл бұрын

    🤔 I wonder if they have a laser light show in this cave, it would be spectacular with all of he reflections….

  • @spacekettle2478
    @spacekettle24782 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @theprovocativeshow
    @theprovocativeshow2 жыл бұрын

    Looks like supermans fortress of solitude

  • @elmerfudd5650
    @elmerfudd565010 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee978410 ай бұрын

    Mother Nature is the Best.

  • @madbug1965
    @madbug19652 жыл бұрын

    It looks like the kingdom of the Mole Man in his first appearance in the Fantastic Four comic book

  • @danijel124
    @danijel1242 жыл бұрын

    I do admire this find but checking humidity seems ridicolous to me... It has been there for millions of years loolz :P

  • @samelis6546
    @samelis65462 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @samelis6546

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RavinRay Thanks a lot! Yes, it's a very clear explanation :D Have a great day.

  • @Hunter08083
    @Hunter080832 жыл бұрын

    Guau!😀😃😮😯😲

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat12 жыл бұрын

    I want to make a drumset with some of these and see what it would sound like

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    Жыл бұрын

    Probabaly just boring rock sounds

  • @user-rg4bl9wb7m
    @user-rg4bl9wb7m2 жыл бұрын

    東京の人間は自分のせいにされるからイヤ テレビで色々文句言うてた 「そんな人テレビに出て欲しく無い」とか「そこまでしてこの仕事がしたいワケ(東京でタレントの仕事)」凄いこの西川さんがバッシングされてて 当時はなんでここまで彼女がバッシングされてたか知らない 神戸出身のタレント女医 出て来る前にバッシングしてた人。。スゴーイありがとう(v^-゚)

  • @GspotPredator
    @GspotPredator2 жыл бұрын

    Healing power of the crystals, where are these chicks???

  • @mysticrose4430

    @mysticrose4430

    2 жыл бұрын

    Selenite, master healer, clear quartz, master crystal , hehe

  • @thedlh3486
    @thedlh34862 жыл бұрын

    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?!

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat12 жыл бұрын

    i feel like this lady could teach me spanish

  • @nikhilgangadharan2286
    @nikhilgangadharan22862 жыл бұрын

    Titans!!

  • @bipinshahi9830
    @bipinshahi98302 жыл бұрын

    💣💥

  • @Te0L0ser
    @Te0L0ser Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sevenhenson3926
    @sevenhenson39262 жыл бұрын

    My claustrophobia will not allow me to come here... to 😨

  • @BF1_enthusiast
    @BF1_enthusiast7 ай бұрын

    Me and the bois boutta get the Moonlight greatsword from Seath The Scaleless