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Wow ... That Cave is huge ... What unexpected things could we find there?

by throwaway2419 8y ago

chillaxtian 8y ago
Reptilians
sschueller 8y ago
Our Stargate...
King-Aaron 8y ago
The nazis who live in the hollow earth
- InclinedPlane 8y ago
  They live on the surface now
  - Upper_On1 8y ago
    And you're losing to them. Nationalism rising.
    - castis 8y ago
      If you think it's about teams and winning then you're literally the source of the problem you're looking to fix.
walrus01 8y ago
Possibly mammoth and saber tooth tiger bones, if some fell in a long time ago.
- koheripbal 8y ago
  Unlikely given the high altitude of the cave.
johan_larson 8y ago
The bones of excessively inquisitive natives.
diggernet 8y ago
Orcs. Definitely orcs.
- flyingfences 8y ago
  Or a weird little shriveled guy with a ring.
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glennon 8y ago
Well... not to guess about the unexpected... but as for what is likely... Following the pattern for caves in the Canadian Rockies, the lowest cave levels will be highly technical (wrt exploration techniques) with a cold and fast-moving river. The typical passage in such a cave often is somewhat like a slot canyon, but with more angular walls. The distance to the resurgence appears to be a couple of kilometers with an elevation difference of 450 meters. The geometry of flow from this swallet entrance to the resurgence looks joint or fault controlled directing the flow northward from the 'dry' valley's outlet. That is, the cave flow's exit is north of the dry valley's confluence with the north-south surface stream. Thus, a large amount of the cave is likely to occur deep under the mountain. With respect to exploration, this increases the chances that higher, drier alternate passageways and alternate infeeder streams exist aside from the main stream course. It is unclear from aerial imagery, but there is also some chance that the mountainside to the north and west of the entrance is karstified. If so, higher entrances are possible -- which could increase the total system depth. The deepest cave in Canada is ~650m from highest to lowest point. While most satellite imagery of the resurgent stream run show a whitewater cascade, there is some variation in flow. The cave at the resurgent spring would be one of the first places to investigate at low flow. Congratulations to the team for a wonderful discovery! (Just a quick impression. I have discovered quite a few sizable caves--not this one, of course)

Wow ... That Cave is huge ... What unexpected things could we find there?

chillaxtian 8y ago

Reptilians

sschueller 8y ago

Our Stargate...

King-Aaron 8y ago

The nazis who live in the hollow earth

InclinedPlane 8y ago
They live on the surface now
- Upper_On1 8y ago
  And you're losing to them. Nationalism rising.
  - castis 8y ago
    If you think it's about teams and winning then you're literally the source of the problem you're looking to fix.

walrus01 8y ago

Possibly mammoth and saber tooth tiger bones, if some fell in a long time ago.

koheripbal 8y ago
Unlikely given the high altitude of the cave.

johan_larson 8y ago

The bones of excessively inquisitive natives.

diggernet 8y ago

Orcs. Definitely orcs.

flyingfences 8y ago
Or a weird little shriveled guy with a ring.

deleted 8y ago

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glennon 8y ago

Well... not to guess about the unexpected... but as for what is likely... Following the pattern for caves in the Canadian Rockies, the lowest cave levels will be highly technical (wrt exploration techniques) with a cold and fast-moving river. The typical passage in such a cave often is somewhat like a slot canyon, but with more angular walls. The distance to the resurgence appears to be a couple of kilometers with an elevation difference of 450 meters. The geometry of flow from this swallet entrance to the resurgence looks joint or fault controlled directing the flow northward from the 'dry' valley's outlet. That is, the cave flow's exit is north of the dry valley's confluence with the north-south surface stream. Thus, a large amount of the cave is likely to occur deep under the mountain. With respect to exploration, this increases the chances that higher, drier alternate passageways and alternate infeeder streams exist aside from the main stream course. It is unclear from aerial imagery, but there is also some chance that the mountainside to the north and west of the entrance is karstified. If so, higher entrances are possible -- which could increase the total system depth. The deepest cave in Canada is ~650m from highest to lowest point. While most satellite imagery of the resurgent stream run show a whitewater cascade, there is some variation in flow. The cave at the resurgent spring would be one of the first places to investigate at low flow. Congratulations to the team for a wonderful discovery! (Just a quick impression. I have discovered quite a few sizable caves--not this one, of course)