Few people manage to get into the fascinating world of ice caves. Once the lava or limestone, after a time caves are ice. In this collection of photographs of ice caves in the world.
1. cave Aysrizenvelt
2. Our trip we decided to start with the largest ice caves in the world. In German, the name sounds like "ice giants world."
3. Grief Hohkegel located forty miles south of Salzburg, Austria, more than 40 kilometers stretching the cave. Annually it is visited by about 200 thousand tourists. However, their review is only the first kilometer cave.
4. Creation of the cave world must work millennial waters of the river Salzach.
5. The question arises: why is there all year round ice? In winter, cold winds blow inside the cave, freezing snow inside. In the summer winds blow from the inside, preventing the ingress of warm air in the cave.
6. In 1879, scientists had discovered the cave. Its existence was no secret to locals, but they have not sought to investigate it. People were afraid to go into the cave in the mistaken belief that the cave of ice. In fact, the ice cave - a cavity within the mass of ice, but not icy cave, which is an ice cave.
7. Demänovská
Back in 1299 first became aware of Demänovská ice cave, which is located in the valley of the Lower Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.
8. Demänovská ice cave - one of 44 caves in Slovakia. It is located far from roads.
9. Open access to the cave was organized only in the mid-19th century.
10. Now the cave entrance remodeled, greatly facilitated the descent into it allocated about 700 m to the cave tours. Near the cave, built a small hotel for tourists.
11. SerendipitiPoroy ice caves resemble a cavity in the ice. This fantastic picture taken in a cave Serendipity (with English. Foresight, intuition) belongs to Speleological Society Officer Albert Ian Mackenzie.
12. This cave is located in the Canadian Rockies. Inside the cave is located a frozen lake with a depth of ten meters, and age - hundreds of years.
Crystal Ice Cave, CA
13. The presence of ice caves in California may cause doubt. However, they are there. Other similar caves also contain ice, but only at Crystal Ice Cave, Ice figures look more fascinating.
14. However, these figures are very fragile, so the number of tourists per year is limited.
15. Excursions permitted from December to March in groups of 6 people, only on Saturday. It turns out that only slightly more than 100 people visit the cave each year.
16. Skarisoara, RumyniyaVozrast this cave, discovered in the 18th century in the heart of the Carpathians, a population of about 3500 years.
17. The depth of the cave is 100 meters, it lies at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level. In a cave inhabited by insects and bats.
18. Kungur cave RossiyaKungurskaya cave is located next to one of the oldest cities in the Urals - Kungur. In her 20 caves, the most prominent among which are the grottoes and the Diamond Tower.
19. The cave consists of a variety of ice structures.
20. It is believed that once hid in this cave an entire army. Inside the cave is a workshop in which visitors can learn about the settlement.
21. Fish Creek, Fish Creek KanadaPeschera located near Calgary, as an example of how caves form affects the convection currents, allowing cold air to enter from the outside in winter and preventing the ingress of warm air inside in summer.
22. In winter, cold air sinks to the bottom of the cave, forcing the warm up and out of the cave. In the summer the cold air stays at the bottom and warm does not go inside.
23. Tignes, FrantsiyaEta ice cave partly artificial. In the rock tunnel has been done, the rest had created nature.
24. All the ice caves, regardless of their origin and location, will captivate with its beauty and uniqueness.
