The Colossal Er Wang Dong Cave System
Er Wang Dong ( Chinese: 二王洞; lit. 'Second Royal Cave') is a large cave in the Wulong Karst region, in Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality of China. [1] [2] Current known length of its passages is 42,139 metres (138,251 ft) [3] [4] with a maximum depth of 441 m (1,447 ft). It is large enough to contain its own weather system.
The Colossal Er Wang Dong Cave System
View from a small window in the wall of the vast Niubizi Tian Keng in the Er Wang Dong cave system. Cave explorers wander around the heavily vegetated floor. (Robbie Shone/Caters News Agency) Gaining height step by step, Hong Meigui member Duncan Collis climbs a thin rope up to a small ledge overlooking the vast floor…
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Er Wang Dong ( Chinese: 二王洞; lit. 'Second Royal Cave') is a large cave in the Wulong Karst region, in Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality of China. Current known length of its passages is 42,139 metres (138,251 ft) with a maximum depth of 441 m (1,447 ft). It is large enough to contain its own weather system.
The Colossal Er Wang Dong Cave System
The view from a small window in the wall of the vast Niubizi Tian Keng in the Er Wang Dong cave system, where clouds form inside the huge spaces. Three tiny explorers can be seen negotiating the heavily vegetated floor +14 An intrepid cave explorer ascends a rope hanging from the Niubizi Tian Keng.
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In this impressive sinkhole starts the 42 km long Er Wang Dong cave. Rating 42.8% GPS coordinates 29.6084 N 108.0036 E Location, address Asia, China, Chongqing Municipality, Wulong County, some 40 km north-east (direct line) from Wulong Category Sinkholes Name in Chinese 牛鼻洞天坑 (cow hole) Depth 100 - 195 m Volume 3.5 million m³
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Er Wang Dong cave in China is so large that it has its own weather system. Requiring a lot of work to access, this system has only recently been explored and documented. From the bottom of the cave it is difficult to see the very top which is 820ft high. The ground is covered in dense vegetation. The system is so large that its area covers.
Er Wang Dong cave in China so huge it has its own weather system
Er Wang Dong, a colossal cave network stretching 42 kilometres under Southwest China, is a self-sustaining world that fits into the latter category. Lush green forest, rapids, waterfalls, streams, and remarkably, even layers of clouds can be found deep inside the cavernous labyrinth.
The Colossal Er Wang Dong Cave System
6 November 2013 (Image: Robbie Shone) A GIGANTIC cave that has never seen the light of day is a tough photography target under clear conditions. But this one posed an extra challenge: it's so.
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10 Day Radar Video Photos First-Ever Images of Er Wang Dong Cave, A Cave With Its Own Weather System By Leslie Lapides October 03, 2013 1/15 View from a small window in the wall of the vast.
The Colossal Er Wang Dong Cave System
15 photographers and expert cavers were exploring in the Chongqing province of China, when they stumbled on the hidden cave's entrance, Er Wang Dong. They managed to climb it eventually and were surprised to see an enormous space that contained a cloud. They took the first ever photos of the natural wonder.
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O ne of the major caves in Wulong Karst area is San Wang Dong - fabulous 67 825 m long cave, which one day could be connected to the nearby Er Wang Dong cave (42 139 km), thus getting into the list of top 20 longest caves in the world. Rating. 50.5%. GPS coordinates. 29.5903 N 107.9866 E (exit of the cave, mistake up to 300 m) Location, address.
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San Wang Dong is a large Karst cave in the Wulong Karst formation region, located within Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality in China . Geography The current known combined length of its passages is 67,825 metres (222,523 ft) long. [1] San Wang Dong has numerous large cave rooms and passages, many of which are almost intact. [1]
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The Er Wang Dong cave system is huge. Really, really huge. And until recently, the massive system of caves had yet to be discovered. A group of expert cavers and professional photographers recently explored the Er Wang Dong cave system for the first time during a month-long expedition to the Chongquing province in China.
Er Wang Dong cave system in Southwestern China. Has its own vegetation
In addition, a large data set from the two biggest cave systems in the Houping Tiankeng area, San Wang Dong (48H-H12-1) and Er Wang Dong (48H-H12-2), has been included in a morphometric analysis in order to determine the placement of cave levels, which in turn has enabled an interpretation of speleogenetic phases. 2. Study area2.1.
Er Wang Dong cave in China so huge it has its own weather system
The view from a small window in the wall of the vast Niubizi Tian Keng in the Er Wang Dong cave system, where clouds form inside the huge spaces. Three tiny explorers can be seen negotiating the heavily vegetated floor. An intrepid cave explorer ascends a rope hanging from the Niubizi Tian Keng. This photograph is one of the first-ever images.
18 FirstEver Images Of A Cave So Massive It Has It's Own Weather
Er Wang Dong is one of the major caves here, running very close to the 67 825 m long San Wang Dong Cave. Cave of two kings Cave starts in the south-western side of the 195 m deep Niubizi tiankeng. The enormous cave has a huge mass of air inside and has its own climate. These clouds appear also in Niubizi tiankeng.
