artificial cavern for a future 2nd street subway stop | January 2013, NYC

photos by Patrick Cashin

(Source: Flickr / mtaphotos)

artificial cavern for a future 2nd street subway stop | April 2013, NYC

photos by Patrick Cashin

(Source: Flickr / mtaphotos)

mysticplaces:

Carsten Peter, Hang Son Doong, 2011

At a mammoth 2.5 miles long, 330ft wide and almost 800ft high, Hang Son Doong also known as Mountain River Cave, is as high as 25 double decker buses.

…Well, I guess someone found D’ni.  That was easy.

I’ve had several people submit various links/versions of Hang Son Doong over the past few days, so I’m just going to reblog it because it is still AMAZING.

Grotta Palazzese | Polignano a Mare, Italy

You know, just like that one time when Gehn turned Temple Island into a swank resort & spa.

(Source: grottapalazzese.it)

Majlis al Jinn | Selma Plateau, Oman

Majlis al Jinn also Majlis al-Jinn (meeting/gathering place of the Jinn), local name: Khoshilat Maqandeli is the ninth largest cave chamber in the world, as measured by the surface area of the floor, [though it] ranks higher when measured by volume.

photos by Yousef Tuquan, submission by teal-deer

(Source: Flickr / youseftuqan)

Kandovan village | East Azerbaijan, Iran

(Source: heritageinstitute.com)

Thurston Lava Tube | the Big Island, Hawai’i

The lava tube at Volcanoes National Park in Hawai’i has always felt straight out of the Myst games for me- metal walkway through the jungle that leads you into a dramatically lit cave?  Yeah, I need more of that in my life.

(Source: Flickr / vwmang)