A moonscape-like landscape: the Vetricia plateau
UN PAESAGGIIO QUASI LUNARE: L’ALTOPIANO DELLA VETRICIA .
A MOONSCAPE-LIKE LANDSCAPE: THE VETRICIA PLATEAU
The formations from cement
It is known how slow the growth of formations is in caves. However it often happens, inside concrete tunnels, or in the dungeons of castles or even under the reinforced concrete beams that are exposed to weather conditions, to see formations of considerable size, despite the fact that the places from where they have originated…
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Two unique Photos
I cristalli, che in queste foto appaiono grigiastri, fino a 52 anni fa erano bianchissimi. Il cambiamento del colore è stato provocato da una violenta piena verificatasi nell’agosto del 1965 che immise nel laghetto le acque limacciose dell’Acheronte…
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Straws that are not hollow?
Abbiamo parlato delle cannule, descrivendone le caratteristiche e i meccanismi che ne determinano la crescita, ma l’amico speleologo Andrea Massagli, guida alla Grotta del Vento ed appassionato di macrofotografia, ha eseguito nella zona centrale del “primo itinerario” alcuni scatti che sembrerebbero mettere in discussione almeno parte di quanto affermato nell’articolo precedente…
We have spoken of straws, describing their characteristics and the mechanisms which determine their growth, but our friend the speleologist Andrea Massagli, a guide at the Grotta del Vento and an enthusiast of macro photography, took some shots in the central area of the “first itinerary” which seem to put in discussion at least partly what was affirmed in the previous article…
Compressed air bubbles
Many tunnels in the Grotta del Vento have been dug under pressure by water that completely filled them, exerting its erosive action in all directions. In that way circular passages have been formed, elliptical in shape or however round with evident signs left on the walls by the vortexes caused in the flow of water…
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The color of the formations
Colori vivaci nelle concrezioni della Grotta del Vento.
The bright colours of the formations in the Grotta del Vento.