• more about #caves
    gorehound: I wonder if you would trip if you eat a drop of photo #1 ? maybe it is some weird kind of magic microbe poop. more »
    EdificeComplex: From now on when my nephew makes poo in his diaper, I shall call it the "formation of intelligent life!" more »
    TotalFanGirl: The key to intelligent life on Mars is poop? I don't want to be an astronaut anymore if that's where the search for life begins. Ewwww. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Everybody Poops: Microbe Edition more »
    Roklimber: I wonder if this discovery will make these caves more or less poopular... :) more »
  • #madscience

    Lava Caves Filled with the Most Beautiful Excrement in the World

    For years, scientists believed that the colorful deposits found in lava caves around the world were mineral deposits, but more recently they've discovered that the collections — ranging from blue-green drips to shimmering pink hexagons — are actually microbe poop. More »
  • #megageology

    Giant Crystals Create an Alien Landscape

    This photo looks like it could have been taken on another planet - miners harvesting dilithium, perhaps. But this cave full of monstrous crystals is located in Mexico, and the crystals themselves are a form of gypsum, one of the most common elements on Earth. What geologic processes caused the crystals to get so freaking big? More »
  • #dystopia

    The Sheet Metal Retail Caves of Tokyo

    In Tokyo, retail stores are turning into enormous metal caves. Here's one, installed by artist Kimihiko Okada on the ground floor of the Diesel store in Aoyama. Okada took a giant sheet of metal just millimeters thin and molded it into stalactite shapes. It looks like what you'd imagine nature might become 100 years from now when we all live in domes and are trying to recreate the natural world from industrial waste. More pretty caves below. More »