Sensible Erection | Going underground: British explorers map out 'never-ending' cave network underneath Borneo jungle

Thursday, 9 September 2010

Going underground: British explorers map out 'never-ending' cave network underneath Borneo jungle

quote [ These incredible images show British scientists on an expedition to map a 'never-ending' cave network in a project that dates back more than 30 years.
The twisting network of caverns underneath Gunung Mulu National Park, in Sarawak, Borneo, contains the largest cave chamber in the world, the largest cave by volume and what is believed to be the largest cave passage.
Scientists carry have so far mapped out an incredible 186 miles of the underground network. ]

Now THIS is a cave!!!

[by JOECAM@2:38amGMT] [+10 Interesting]

Comments

DefianceFalcon said @ 2:42am GMT on 9th Sep [Score:2]
Strike the earth!

Joe_Luma said @ 2:42am GMT on 9th Sep
Now all we need is a death ray, and a slew of local mercenaries... Cue the Bond Music!

named i said @ 2:48am GMT on 9th Sep
Spelunking makes a come-back...

mwoody said @ 2:52am GMT on 9th Sep [Score:3 Good]
They better watch out... they might run into HIM.

It's completely bullshit, of course. But it makes for a hell of a ghost story for those playing an often unintentionally terrifying game (Minecraft).

Isosceles Lockâ„¢ said @ 4:55am GMT on 9th Sep [Score:1 Underrated]
Unintentionally?

Motherfucking creepers

Motherfucking CAVE SOUNDS EVEN ON PEACEFUL

Notch has created a fucking shared fever dream for the 10's and on.

It takes every bone in my body to not post minecraft to the front page everyday.

*flut* said @ 4:57am GMT on 9th Sep
Also sick of this name breaking and implying that I know even the remotest of maths, so I am now this name.

arrowhen said @ 6:24am GMT on 9th Sep
Dude. Minecraft.

I cannot play this game for anything less than 12-14 hours in a row. I start off thinking, "Yeah, OK, I'll just get started for tonight, chop down a couple of trees, build a workbench, get my basic first home base established and continue tomorrow night and blah, blah, blah..." and the next thing I know, the sun is coming up and I have to be at work in 45 minutes.

I've lost count of the number of days I've stumbled through in a zombified state because I was up all night playing Minecraft. It's horrible, and the only positive aspect of my Minecraft addiction is my knowledge that at least I'm not autistic enough to make sense of Dwarf Fortress.

Isosceles Lockâ„¢ said @ 12:03pm GMT on 9th Sep [Score:1 Underrated]
This makes three of us, when survival multi-player gets monsters we need an SE server, it's official.

arrowhen said @ 12:31am GMT on 10th Sep
Oh *fuck* yeah! I hadn't even thought of that.

mwoody said @ 12:35am GMT on 10th Sep [Score:1 Funny]
Server name "Bend_over_show_u_mine_crafting"

Isosceles Lockâ„¢ said @ 3:04pm GMT on 10th Sep
"let_me_show_you_my_wood_sword"

swiggy said @ 2:53am GMT on 9th Sep
Hay to everywun, Welcome to thagg's crib. Dis de foyer. It made of rock. Over dere is de bedroom, where de magic happens.

Here going to be dining room, but Thagg need sharp black shiny rock from fire mountain first. It good to cut meat, but it on backorder. Come with Thagg, I show you arboretum. It made of rock too.

spazm said @ 2:53am GMT on 9th Sep
Spazm likes this.

Mopy J said @ 3:01am GMT on 9th Sep
Vast cavernous region? Insert yo momma joke here.

underdog said @ 6:59am GMT on 9th Sep
Tell you momma to bend over. I'll insert a joke.

tickaz said @ 10:16am GMT on 9th Sep
it's only a joke 'cause she was laughing at it

sacrelicious said @ 3:46am GMT on 9th Sep

f00m@nB@r said @ 3:48am GMT on 9th Sep

JOECAM said @ 4:18am GMT on 9th Sep

Omegaphobic said @ 7:25am GMT on 9th Sep
Brisbane flying foxes do the same thing, but in a much less focused way. Waves of them break across the sunset out near Boondall Entertainment Centre. An amazing sight.

Don't stand underneath them though. Srsly.

captainstubing said @ 9:52am GMT on 9th Sep
Yeah, and out Sherwood way too. Buttloads of the evil little screeching demons.

tickaz said @ 10:20am GMT on 9th Sep
My parents live in Chapel Hill, near Mt Coot Tha, where a shitload of bats live. One of the cunts shat on my shirt and the acid ate through the fabric.

EPT said @ 8:01am GMT on 9th Sep
Biggest caverns ever found and we're talking about mining games and not goatse? The internet is evolving...

ComposerNate said @ 9:01am GMT on 9th Sep
But you're talking about goatse.

EPT said @ 11:20am GMT on 9th Sep
... I didn't say it was evolving fast!

ComposerNate said @ 11:40am GMT on 9th Sep
We'll wait up, goatse-mentioner.

KingPellinore said @ 1:16pm GMT on 9th Sep [Score:1 Funny]
goatse-mentioner!?

tickaz said @ 10:22am GMT on 9th Sep

tickaz said @ 10:23am GMT on 9th Sep
woops meant to be a reply to ETP's post

tickaz said @ 10:23am GMT on 9th Sep [Score:-2]

mischa said @ 12:18pm GMT on 9th Sep
never ending they say

KingPellinore said @ 12:29pm GMT on 9th Sep
It's starting to sound less like a cavern and more like a house.

symmetrian said @ 3:57pm GMT on 9th Sep
Through all the windows I only see infinity.

KingPellinore said @ 4:21pm GMT on 9th Sep
Muss es sein?

symmetrian said @ 6:20pm GMT on 9th Sep
C'est vraiment triste

KingPellinore said @ 6:42pm GMT on 9th Sep [Score:1 Insightful]
This is not for you.

symmetrian said @ 8:38pm GMT on 9th Sep
I should have been modding each of these. Goddamn I love that book.

KingPellinore said @ 8:46pm GMT on 9th Sep
I just started reading it last week. Slow going due to the format, but so worth it. Barely 100 pages in and I can't help feeling paranoid in my own home.

SO DAMN GOOD

Spaceloaf said @ 9:54am GMT on 10th Sep [Score:1 Interesting]
I'm about half-way through myself. Since my GF goes to sleep before I do, I've been reading it at night in the kitchen with all the lights off except for this tiny book light. It's definitely a mood enhancer.

KingPellinore said @ 12:14pm GMT on 10th Sep
I honestly don't know if I could do that. But then, I have an overactive imagination as it is.

thizzwardo said @ 6:29am GMT on 11th Sep
u guys talking bout house of leaves?

KingPellinore said @ 10:57pm GMT on 11th Sep
~~maybe~~