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2010-10-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

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2010-10-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

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2010-10-01T22:00:00.000-07:00

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Infinite USB by Jiang Gonglue

2010-10-01T21:48:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you just don’t want to have your standard USB ports on your notebook, PC or any other device occupied but yet you want to use it.

Designer Jiang Gonglue came to a pretty simple yet genius solution about how to solve the problem of missing USB ports. He invented the USB cable which, when it is plugged into a USB port, immediately becomes port itself so, theoretically, you could attach infinite number of USB cables to your single USB port.

15 most unusual and creative fish aquarium

2010-10-01T21:28:00.000-07:00

An aquarium not only gives an aesthetic appearance to our interiors but also brings us close to nature. Fish alleviates the stress and reduce blood pressure, so making it a part of your interiors seems to be good thought. Without doubt, unusual fish tanks have taken the aquarium industry by storm. Fish tanks, these days, are available in arrange of shapes and sizes. If you’re on the hunt for something unique, here are a few unusual and creative fish tanks that will make for an inimitable design statement inside your home.

• iMacquarium

iMacquarium deserves to stand among the list of the aquariums. It’s a fish tank that is built inside the shell of an old iMac. Since the fish-tank is in a computer shell, it is named after the iMac. The well designed aquariums look like the fish floating on your pc screen. If your fishes act pretty smart, this is the best house they can get.

• Silverfish aquarium

Silverfish aquarium from Octopus Studio is designed with multiple connected globe tanks for underwater exploration and viewer stimulation. The unique of its type, the aquarium conceals six orbs connected by tubes, the lights, pumps and filters in the cabinet.

• Light bulb aquarium

Light bulb aquarium with its amazing look lets your fishes flaunt about their new and unique house. The unusual space will make your marine pal feel posh without you having to blow a good portion of your retirement fund to please high fishiness. Making use of the old bulbs not only helps to utilize the old bulbs but also gives a new designed house to your fishes.

• Toilet aquarium

Come out of the notion that toilet serves just one purpose. They can be inspiration for many other things. Just like this aquarium. The Toilet aquarium becomes a good house for your fishes and a cool statement for your home. These aquariums take the design to a new level altogether and enhances your living space with cool stuff.

• R2-D2 aquarium

Check out the robots holding the fishes. The R2-D2 aquarium is a robot shaped tank that houses your fishes. It comes with filter and overhead LED tank lights that switch between red, blue, and a two-sided waterproofed cardboard insert depicting scenes from the movie as a background. It is priced for $129.95.

• Comfish USB aquarium

Computers have almost made our life completely dependent on them. And now computer takes control over the aquariums as well. Comfish aquarium is controlled almost entirely from your computer, where USB cable supplies power to the tank’s LED lights. In addition, the water heater, and the oxygen pump can control all this stuff with a program that looks just like the fish tank itself. A little camera keeps you aware of what’s going inside a tank without even looking at the fishes.

• Chumby aquarium

The aquarium makes use of Chumby, a little open source widget platform, with WiFi, a touch screen, some USB ports, and a squeeze sensor. The chumby monitors the fish tank and is attached to some hardware that sits in the fish bowl and measures water conditions to make sure your fish stays healthy. It also allows you to monitor your fishes with the webcam.

• Sink Aquarium

Your sink now becomes house for your loved fishes. The Sink aquarium is shaped like sink and is an amazing addition for your home. This sink harmonizes perfectly with the aquarium shitter, and all for only $4,700.

• Decorative fish tanks

Designed by Vanessa mitrani, this tank is something you can design at home itself. The cooltank brings together art and nature. The tank is designed by the designer uniquely and then decorated in several different forms.

• Blowfish Aquarium

Till now we have come across aquariums that are designed to house fishes. But this fish tank is a real object, designed for a real purpose. I’ll tell you all about it after the jump. The main benefit from the perspective of the children was the prospect of being able to swim and survive under water for longer, and being able to change their interactions with one another as a result of this new imagined world. During a brainstorm, the children imagined sea creatures they wished they could become.

• Floating Garden

The Floating Garden by Benjamin Graindorge is one innovative aquarium that minimizes the problem of water maintenance, and at the same time shows a nice symbiotic relationship between plants and fish. Designed to fit into small spaces, this ecological system allows you to recycle the aquarium water for repeated use. Gravel-based filtration allows decantation of water through a sand layer of 5 cm, thereby removing bacteria and larger impurities and turning nitrogen into nitrate.

• Vertical fish tank

The long tower shaped fish tank is cool enough to adorn your interiors with something that will draw you close to the nature. This cool and sleek floor aquarium is available in 3 sizes and includes built-in lights, pump, filter, plant decor and gravel.

• Globe aquarium

Adding to the list of some of the creative fish tanks, this one definitely should be part of the list. Make your fishes acquaint of the world with the Globe aquarium. This Globe Aquarium will take your fishes round the world but not literally. Take the tank along so that you do not forget the way back to your home. It’s priced at $49.95.

• Infinity Aquarium

Designe by BCXSY Design Studio, Infinity aquarium creates a visual metaphor to life in the fish bowl. It’s a house incomprehensible rooms, corridors, and dead ends, and never ending roads. Your fishes will definitely get tangled in this puzzled tank.

• Head shaped tank

Designed by Nicola L. this tank brings human and nature together. The unique design is shaped like human head where fishes rejoice in the water. It combines the look of a modern fish bowl with the performance of an elegant aquarium.

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2010-10-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

Weird Shoe Designs

2010-09-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

Interesting and unusual shoe design by Kobi Levy.

Top 10 Things Science Can’t Explain

2010-09-29T21:34:00.000-07:00

Science can’t explain all. But just because these things are yet to be explained, doesn’t mean science ‘cant’ explain them.

The WOW! signal

Wow, a secret message from outer space! Twenty years on and still no nearer an answer.

Pioneer’s Funky Voyage

The creators of these deviant probes are ripping their hair out trying to understand what went wrong.

Female Orgasms

After a whole lot of thinking, biology’s best minds are still confused.

Dark Energy

The universe is a dark, dark place, which makes it ruddy difficult to study.

The Speed of Light

Faster than a speeding photon: is it possible? Einstein stays no, but does everyone else?

The Placebo Effect

Take this pill and you’ll be cured, just as long as you believe me.

Cold Fusion

Can atoms get together and let off some steam without the sauna?

Yawning

Open your mouth and notice the shockingly fascinating mystery of the yawn.

Dark Matter

Just because you can’t see the WIMPs and MACHOs doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

What Came Before, What Will Come After

Wouldn’t it be really boring if it was just blackness. However, anyone’s guess is as good as ours.

The Most Beautiful Place on Earth?

2010-09-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Navagio Beach aka Shipwreck Cove on Zakynthos Island, Greece. One of the most beautiful places on the planet.

"The world stands on its head"

2010-09-29T21:12:00.000-07:00

upside down house

In a project named “The world stands on its head”, the creators of this upside down house just wanted to do something different, they didn’t have any special reason for building it. The house was designed for a special exhibition in Trassenheide Germany and is open to the public for visiting.

You’ve probably heard about or maybe seen houses with the exterior upside down, but what about a house that is completely upside down, even the furniture?

Fashionable weapons made for artistic purposes

2010-09-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Peter Gronquist has designed weapons labeled with different famous designer brands like Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Dolce & Gabanna, etc. The artist himself thinks that today people will put a designer label on nearly anything to look and feel awesome, so he wanted to make fun of it in a way .

Gronquist says that he “Really just wanted to make something completely ridiculous”. The design-labeled weapons are everything from guns to bombs, even chainsaws. They have become so popular that movie character “Bruno” showed up at his own premiere in Los Angeles with a shining Chanel RGP.

Amazing Artworks Combined With Drawing and Photographing

2010-09-29T20:58:00.000-07:00

For some artists ordinary drawing is just not enough exciting so they decide to take some extreme efforts in creating something completely different and unique. Ben Heine is one of those brave artists who do not afraid to try to do impossible things. Of course, his drawings are far away from impossible but at least, you shall agree with us when we say that his artworks are extremely hard to achieve.

In order to create his artwork, Ben has to be very good in three things: drawing, balancing or positioning and photographing. His artworks contain all of these three skills combined together and he have to be perfectly precise while doing that because if one of those skills are not good enough, his artwork cannot be completed. We have collected a few of his masterpieces where you can see how Ben combines the real word and the world of painting in his unique way.

Interesting Google Earth Photos

2010-09-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

Crazy Optical Illusions That Will Blow Your Mind

2010-09-06T22:17:00.000-07:00

When you are looking at these photos your brain don’t know how to react. Every time you see something different or something that you think is on a good place or real. Optical illusions are great thing. Enjoy in these photos, and check out the video “10 optical illusions in 2 minutes” that will blow your mind. This guy is awesome and show us great skill with optical illusions. I can’t figure how he created some of the illusions in the video. Did you know the real meaning of: “An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences.

The Worlds 10 Best Beaches

2010-09-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

The Maldives are a perfect destination whether your dream beach trip consists of spending a few pampered nights in a four-star resort or swimming among tropical fish some 80 feet underwater.

Seychelles

One of the most photographed beaches in the world, the pale pink sands of Anse Source d’Argent unfurls across the island of La Digue, one of the 115 components of this archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The sands sparkle against a backdrop of towering granite boulders, worn by time and weather. The turquoise water is relatively shallow and protected from the ocean’s waves by a reef.

Maldives

Whether your dream beach trip consists of spending a few pampered nights in a four-star resort or swimming among tropical fish some 80 feet (24 meters) underwater, the Maldives are the sort of islands where either—or both—can come true. Straddling the equator southwest of Sri Lanka, the 1,102 islands that make up the Maldives form 26 atolls. The soft air enveloping the archipelago blends into a beautiful palm-fringed haze.

Bora Bora, Tahiti

This is one of the magical islands that make up French Polynesia in the South Pacific. Just 18 miles (29 kilometers) long, this lush little slip of land lies in a protected lagoon edged by white sandy shores, the best being at Matira Point. Bora Bora boasts the nickname the “Romantic Island,” a moniker easy to appreciate with its isolated beaches, intimate hotels, and quiet atmosphere.

The Hamptons, New York

One of the hip spots for the air-kissing, well-heeled set, the Hamptons boast some of the prettiest beaches on Long Island. The unspoiled shoreline begins around Southampton and runs east to the end of the island at Montauk. Windswept dunes and waving grasses border the Atlantic Ocean.

Lanikai Beach, Hawaii

Half a mile of sparkling sand, palm trees swaying over a white beach, lush tropical plants, and endless sunshine make Lanikai one of Hawaii’s most scenic beaches. The shore is protected by a nearby coral reef, which keeps the surf relatively calm. The water is always deep green and postcard-perfect.

Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

The most popular beaches on this island in the North Atlantic are Surfside and Children’s. The waters here are relatively calm, and there’s plenty of sand to use for sunbathing or castle-building. Madaket Beach is known for its rougher surf and not-to-be-missed sunsets. Quidnet Beach provides great views of Sankaty Head lighthouse.

Fraser Island, Australia

Perched on the sunny Queensland coast 161 miles (259 kilometers) northeast of Brisbane, Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island and home to a wonderful beach. This World Heritage Site is an ecologist’s dream, with 640 square miles (1,664 square kilometers) of unspoiled natural paradise. Rain forests with 1,000-year-old trees sprout from the sand. Lodgings here accommodate a wide range of tourists, from the backpacking ecology lover to pampered resort fans.

St. Bart’s

One of many islands in the Caribbean Sea, St. Bart’s stands out with its blend of French chic and island relaxation. With beautiful secluded beaches, fine French cuisine, and gracious hotels, this tropical playground is popular with the Jet Set. The 8-mile-long (13-kilometer-long) island is edged by 20 beaches and small coves for swimmers and sunbathers, with sparkling water and white sand.

Langkawi, Malaysia

The name “Langkawi” translates into “the land of one’s wishes,” a welcoming concept that somewhat belies the island’s historic origins as a reputed refuge for pirates. Langkawi has since become a modern hideaway for the traveler seeking an escape. If your vacation wishes extend from uncrowded white sands and clear waters to lush green forests, you will find yourself content here. Datai Bay, located on Pulau Langkawi, is a heavenly retreat on the Andaman Sea.

Kauna’oa Bay, Hawaii

Located on the Kohala Coast of the Aloha State’s Big Island, Kauna’oa Bay is the quintessential Hawaiian spot. The 0.25-mile-long (0.4-kilometer-long), crescent-shaped beach has plenty of white sand, palm trees, and calm, clear, blue water. In addition to swimming and sunbathing, beachgoers here can snorkel or ride boogie boards. (Be careful swimming, however, because there are no lifeguards on this public beach.) At night, nestle into the sands and peer out into the water to see if you can catch a glimpse of manta rays swimming.

Amazing Pictures

2010-09-06T21:53:00.001-07:00

Unusual Ferrari Car-Motorcycle

2010-09-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

Did you see the new transformers?Â Well, this design is not transformation, but still it is a remarkable unification. It’s a motorcycle with a car attached to it. So, if you have a girlfriend that doesn’t enjoy riding a motorcycle, which I really doubt, you can still ride your favorite motorcycle and let her ride in a car. This might settle all the car drivers and bikers arguments.

This vehicle was built by François Knorreck. Although his real job is technician in an hospital at Saint-Etienne in France, he spends all his free time to build, manufacture, modify and tune motorbikes. He spent 10000 hours of hard work, more than 10 years from time to time in the garage and about 15000 Euros to create this vehicle. Wonderful “hobby”!

Funny Photos While People Sleep On The Train

2010-09-06T21:37:00.000-07:00

Sometime we were so sleepy in bus, car, plane or train.

Some photos while people sleep on train will explain how they look like.

Did you do this activity while in train ???

Funny Dogs Haircuts

2010-09-06T21:28:00.000-07:00

Stunning Underwater Photography of Women

2010-09-06T21:17:00.000-07:00

10 Amazing Concept Cars

2010-09-06T21:13:00.000-07:00

Concept cars are a great way for both companies and designers to show what they could possibly do in the future. We have collected 10 amazing concept cars for you to look at.

Lamborghini Estoque

Ferrari 612 GTO

Future Ferrari

The Kojag

Hawk

Audi RSQ

Lamborghini Ankonian

Lamborghini Madura

Concept Car

Audi Shark

A ‘Sea’ Made From Old CDs....

2010-09-06T21:08:00.000-07:00

had some pretty ambitious childhood fantasies and some of them still remain somewhere in my pretty childish mind but I have to admit that Bruce Murno’s childhood fantasy was way more ambitious and crazier than mines. He had a dream to create a huge sea of bunch of CDs and, finally he managed to realize his dream.

Here you can see something what reminds me on one of those happy Teletubies landscapes with plenty of different colors. It is a ’sea’ made from more than a half of million of old compact discs.

Bruce managed to create this amazing artistic installation with the help of his 140 friends and colleagues.

12 Proofs that Mohamed (Peace be upon him ) was a True Prophet

2010-09-06T20:55:00.000-07:00

My brothers and sisters everywhere! With this essay, I am not singling out the adherents of Islam – to which I ascribe – but rather I am writing this essay to every man and woman throughout the whole world.
Mohamed the son of`Abdullah (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) is Allah’s Messenger in reality and truth. The evidences that show his veracity are abundant. None but an infidel, who out of arrogance alone, could deny these signs.

Among these proofs:

1. Mohamed (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) was raised illiterate, unable to read or write, and remained like that till his death. Among all his people, he was known as being truthful and trustworthy. Before receiving revelation, he had no prior knowledge of Religion or any previously sent Message. He remained like that for his first forty years. Revelation then came to Muhammad with theKoran that we now have between our hands. This Koran mentioned most of the accounts found in the previous scriptures, telling us about these events in the greatest detail as if he witnessed them. These accounts came precisely as they were found in the Torah sent down to Moses and in the Gospel sent down to Jesus. Neither the Jews or Christians were able to believe him regarding anything that he said.

2. Muhammad (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) also foretold of everything that wouldoccur to him and his community after him, pertaining to victory, the removal of the tyrannical kingdoms of Chosroes [the royal title for the Zoroastrian kings of Persia] and Caesar, and the establishment of the religion of Islam throughout the earth. These events occurred exactly as Muhammad foretold, as ifhe was reading the future from an open book.

3. Mohamed (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) also brought an Arabic Koran that isthe peak of eloquence and clarity. The Koran challenged those eloquent and fluent Arabs of his time, who initially belied him, to bring forth a single chapter like the Koran. The eloquent Arabs of his day were unable to contest this Koran.Indeed, till our day, none has ever dared to claim that he has been able to compose words that equal-or even approach-the order, grace, beauty, and splendor of this Glorious Koran.

4. The life history of this Noble Prophet was a perfect example of being upright, merciful,compassionate, truthful, brave, generous, distant from all evil character, and ascetic in all worldly matters, while striving solely for the reward of the Hereafter. Moreover, in all his actions and dealings, he was ever mindful and fearful of Allah.

5. Allah instilled great love for Mohamed (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) in the hearts of all who believed in and met him. This love reached such a degree that any of his companions would willingly sacrifice his (or her) self, mother or father for him. Till today, those who believe in Muhammad honor and love him. Anyone of those who believe in him would ransom his own family and wealth to see him, even if but once.

6. All of history has not preserved the biography of any person in the manner it has preserved the life of Mohamed, who is the most influential human in history. Nor has the entire earth known of anyone whom every morning and evening, and many times thereafter throughout the day, is thought of by those who believe in him. Upon remembering Mohamed, the believers in him will greet him and ask Allah to bless him. They do such with full hearts and true love for him.

7. Nor has there every been a man on earth whom is still followed in all his doings by those whobelieve in him. Those who believe in Mohamed, sleep in the manner he slept; purify themselves (through ablutionand ritual washing) in the manner he purified himself; and adhere to his practice in the way they eat, drink, and clothe themselves.

Indeed in all aspects of their lives, the believers in Mohamed adhere to the teachings he spread among them and the path that he traveled upon during his life.

During every generation, from his day till our time, the believers in this Noble prophet have fullyadhered to his teachings. With some, this has reached the degree that they desire to follow and adhere to the Prophet’s way in his personal matters regarding which Allah has not sought of them to adhere to in worship. For example, some will only eat those specific foods or only wear those specific garmentsthat the Messenger liked.

Let alone all that, all those who believe in Mohamed repeat those praises of Allah, special prayers,and invocations that he would say during each of his actions during day and night, like: what he would say when he greeted people, upon entering and leaving the house, entering and leaving the mosque, entering and leaving the bathroom, going to sleep and awaking from sleep, observing the new crescent, observing the new fruit on trees, eating, drinking, dressing, riding, traveling and returning from travel, etc. Let alone all that, all those who believe in Mohamed fully perform-even to the minute detail-every act of worship-like prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage-as this Noble Messenger (may Allah’s blessingsand peace be upon him) taught and as he himself performed.All of this allows those who believe in him, to live their lives in all aspects with this Noble Messenger as their example, as if he was standing before them, for them to follow in all their doings.

8. There has never been nor will there ever be a man anywhere upon this earth who has received suchlove, respect, honor, and obedience in all matters-small and large alike-as has this Noble Prophet.

9. Since his day, in every region of the earth and during every period, this Noble Prophet has beenfollowed by individuals from all races, colors and peoples. Many of those who followed him were previously Christians, Jews, pagans, idolaters, or without any religion. Among those who chose to follow him, were those who were known for their sound judgment, wisdom, reflection, and foresight. They chose to follow this Noble Prophet after they witnessed the signs of his truthfulness and the evidences of his miracles. They did not choose to follow Mohamed out of compulsion or coercion orbecause they had adopted the ways of their fathers and mothers.Indeed many of the followers of this Prophet (may Allah’s blessings peace be upon him), chose to follow him during the time when Islam was weak, when there were few Muslims, and when there was severe persecution of his followers on earth. Most people who have followed this Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) have done so not to acquire some material benefits. Indeed many of his followers have suffered the greatest forms of harm and persecution as a result of followingthis Prophet. Despite all this harm and persecution, this did not turn them back from his religion. My brethren! All of this clearly indicates to anyone possessing any sense, that this Prophet was truly and really Allah’s messenger and that he was not just a man who claimed prophethood or spoke aboutAllah without knowledge.

10. With all this, Muhammad came with a great religion in its credal and legal make-up. Mohamed described Allah with qualities of complete perfection, and at the same time in a manner that is free of ascribing to Him any imperfection. Neither the philosophers or the wise could ever describe Allah like such. Indeed it is impossible to imagine that any human mind could conceive of an existing being that possesses such complete ability, knowledge, and greatness; Who has subdued thecreation; Who has encompassed everything in the universe, small or large; and Who possesses such perfect mercy.Nor is it in the ability of any human being to place a perfect law based upon justice, equality, mercy and objectivity for all human activity on earth like the laws that Mohamed brought for all spheres of human activity – like buying and selling, marriage and divorce, renting, testimony, custody, and all othercontracts that are necessary to uphold life and civilization on earth.

11. It is impossible that any person conceive wisdom, morals, good manners, nobleness of charactersas what this honorable Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) brought. In a full and complete manner, Mohamed spread a teaching regarding character and manners towardone’ parents, relatives, fiends, family, humanity, animals, plants and inanimate objects. It is impossible for the human mind alone to grasp all of that teaching or come with a similar teaching. All of that unequivocally indicates that this Messenger did not bring an) of this religion from his own accord, but that it was rather a teaching and inspiration that he received from the One Who created the earth and the high heavens above and created this universe in its miraculous architecture andperfection.

12. The legal and credal make-up of the religion that the Messenger, Mohamed, (may Allah’sblessings and peace be upon him) brought resembles the engineering of the heavens and the earth. All of that indicates that He who created the heavens and the earth is the One Who sent down this great law and upright religion. The degree of inimitability of the Divine law that was sent down upon Mohamed is to the same degree of inimitability of the Divine creation of the heavens and earth. For just as humanity cannot create this universe, in the same manner humanity cannot bring forth a law like Allah’s law that He sent down upon His servant and messenger Mohamed (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him).

15 Incredible Libraries Around the World

2010-09-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

1. University Club Library - New York City, United States

Photograph by Peter Bond

2. Canadian Library of Parliament - Ottawa, Canada

3. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - New Haven, Connecticut

4. Iowa State Capital Law Library - United States

5. Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington - Seattle, Washington

6. Admont Abbey Library - Austria

7. State Library - Victoria, Australia

8. Library at El Real Monasterio de El Escorial - Madrid, Spain

9. José Vasconcelos Library - Mexico City, Mexico

10. Real Gabinete Português de Leitura - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11. National Library of Finland - Helsinki, Finland

12. Mitchell Library - Sydney, Australia

13. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at University of Toronto - Toronto, Canada

14. George Peabody Library - Baltimore, Maryland

15. Strahov Theological Hall - Prague, Czech Republic

Crystal Cave of Giants

2010-09-06T01:47:00.001-07:00

They call it the Crystal Cave of Giants. Up to fifty feet tall, four feet wide, and all a thousand feet underground, these crystals were discovered when a couple of workers drilled a new tunnel into the Naica mine, which was already famous for the crystal-filled ‘Cave of Swords’ a few hundred meters away. Suddenly, the Cave of Swords came up second-best.

The entire cave stays around 136° F, thanks to nearby magma vents – a fever above 108° can cause brain damage. This heat caused the crystals to form: water that once filled this cave was rich in anhydrite, a mineral that dissolves into gypsum at high temperatures. From there, the gypsum can crystallize into the immense but delicate structures like the ones found here. They’re still soft enough to scratch with a fingernail.

Geologists would like to open the caves up to the public, as soon as they add some air conditioning. Luckily, they don’t need to worry about looters: in the first few days after its discovery, one particularly stubborn fellow sneaked in with a few plastic bags filled with fresh air. He lost consciousness, and was later found ‘thoroughly baked.’