Caves

Geology of Mammoth Cave Kentucky Introduction Mammoth Cave is found in Mammoth Cave National Park that was founded in 1941. Currently, it is the longest cave known in the world with approximately 350 miles of underground interconnected chambers and passages. Mapping and exploration continues and seems like it has no end. Mammoth Cave National Park is situated near Park City in south central Kentucky. It lies in forested and hilly areas of three counties; Hart, Edmonson, and Barren. It occupies about

Cave Art has been a popular form of art during prehistoric period with there being records of rock art in a variety of various places ranging from Africa, Asia and Australia to Europe and the Americas. Some of the earliest example of cave art goes back as far as 40,000 years ago in Europe with “200 cave painting sites found in France” (Kelly and Thomas, 2016, p.255) such as the Cave of Niaux, as well as Creswell Crags in England and the Cave of El Castillo in Spain as well as a variety of others

Clan of the Cave Bear, (Dir. Michael Chapman) explores the life of a Cro Magnon women, named Ayla, who was brought up by a clan of neanderthals, after a tragic accident brought on by the receding of glacier during the warm cycle of the ice age (The Ice Ages and Early Man) took the life of Ayla’s Cro Magnon mother. I believe that the historical accuracy of this film is equally accurate and inaccurate, as it is inaccurate, based on the economic, social, and geographical development of the film. I

and truth. This is the basic premise for Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in which prisoners sit in a cave, chained down, watching images cast on the wall in front of them. They accept these views as reality and they are unable to grasp their overall situation: the cave and images are a ruse, a mere shadow show orchestrated for them by unseen men. At some point, a prisoner is set free and is forced to see the situation inside the cave. Initially, one does not want to give up the security of his or

Colossal cave adventure is the great grandfather to all adventure video games created ever. It has the luxury of being the first game to introduce an interactive narrative, while also existing as the first ever digital open world for a player to explore. The first iteration of the game was created back in 1976, which, incidentally, was the same year that Apple was founded. Computer science was still a relatively new thing going on in the world, and the game itself was actually created by a programmer

Blue Mountains If you want to experience mindfulness, Blue Mountains is the place where you can breathe deep and experience the sensational, breathtaking World Heritage site, which spreads over an area of one million hectares of pristine waterfalls, dramatic sandstone cliffs, salubrious eucalypt forest and bushland. This rugged region, which falls to the west of Sydney, is truly one of Australia’s magical natural wonders. For one-of its kind of experiences, this enchanting mountain is the place where

treacherous-looking stalactites hanging overhead. It resembled a chandelier of spear heads ready to savagely drop at a moment’s notice. My eyes flickered down at Gemma, who seemed completely unbothered by this. Instead, she sat neatly, gazing at the walls of the cave with an appearance of quiet intrigue. The boat sped up, and swiftly it drifted toward a dark, narrow tunnel. A nervous twitch ran through my body. I felt more comfortable being out in the wide open expanse, but in the tunnel, I couldn't anticipate

saw the sandy bottom. “What do we do now?” Scarlett was getting impatient once again. “Well, the poem said to look for a deep and dark cave underwater, so I guess look for a dark cave?” I informed her. “Ok!” everybody looked out the window for a cave as Willow’s dad slowly drove the submarine around the dark depths. “There! I see something! It looks like a cave!” I heard Willow suddenly yell

JESSICA COUGHED AND SPLUTTERED IN THE DARKNESS. The thick dust clogged her nostrils and she tried not to breathe too deeply. Holt had grabbed her arm and pulled her to safety, just as a large section of the cave roof had collapsed above her. ‘Lucky I spotted this passageway, eh, child, or we would be resting underneath that,’ he said solemnly.  ‘Thank you,’ Jessica replied, rubbing her eyes trying to clear the dust out of them. ‘But what happened to the rest? Where are my brother and sister?’ Holt

Margaret Rose Cave? Concepts The seven concepts of geography are used many times by geographers and each concept plays a key role in landscapes and landforms. Space, Place, Interconnection, Change, Environment, Scale and Sustainability re all the 7 concepts geographers use. The landscape 'Princess Margaret Rose Cave ' is arguably the most attractive cave in Victoria and in the cave the 7 concepts are involved. Space- This concept relates to the way things are arranged in the cave. In Princess Margaret