This MAMMOTH Cave is the Longest Cave on Earth
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- We talk about the geology and the history of the Mammoth Cave area. We go inside the visitor center and learn about how the cave system was formed.
We take the Domes and Dripstones tour. The story of George Morrison is told. Many rock formations are seen on the tour. The drapery room is one highlight.
Note the Domes and Dripstones tour will not be offered until Fall of 2023.
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This video was filmed in the Summer of 2022 before changes to National Park permitting policy.
Credits
Music: Natural Light By Chris Haugen
Music: Day Out on the Lawn By Midnight North
Images:
By Doug Coldwell - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - Mammoth Cave Railroad # 4 steam locomotive (Baldwin dummy 0-4-2T) 12, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
The New Entrance to Mammoth Cave
By NPS Photo/ Thomas DiGiovannangelo
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By James St. John - Mammoth Dome Sink (Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA) 3, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Grand Central Station
By NPS Photo/ Thomas DiGiovannangelo
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By James St. John - www.flickr.com/photos/4744576..., CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - 1840s underground tuberculosis hospital hut (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 2, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - Travertine stalactites in Great Onyx Cave (Flint Ridge, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA) 1, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - Travertine stalagmites in Great Onyx Cave (Flint Ridge, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA), CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Carboniferous rocks in closeup, Roslin Glen by Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Rept0n1x - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Nobu Tamura (spinops.blogspot.com) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - Intraclastic pebbly limestone (Ste. Genevieve Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 1, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Fama Clamosa - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Fairy Ceiling
By NPS Photo / Thomas DiGiovannangelo
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By רנדום - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By James St. John - Old cave guide lantern (Main Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA), CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
We just went to Ruby Falls! So much fun. Gorgeous.
It looks amazing, hopefully we will get a chance to visit. Thanks for the tip!
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The ranger was really cute loved her accent she did such a good job!
Yes, she was great. Really knew what she was talking about.
So glad you did the extra steps, that was amazing.
Probably the coolest spot there.
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Hello, Mammoth Cave is the second longest. The antarctic Ross Cave-system is longer than 1000 km, measured by radar . The biggest chamber 11 km long , 1,5 km wide and 800 m high! Measurement was made by radar and sonar but it is official. But Mammoth cave is a phenomenom too , and it will grow from year to year. Best speleo-wishes from MetalCat
Good to know. Looks like I'll have to look at the title again, or just pin this comment. The Ross Cave system is is not on Wikipedia's list of longest caves. Is this a fairly new discovery?
@@RoadLessTraveledWI Thanx for your quick answer. I am looking for speleo-information since 2005 in the net and I found this information 3 month ago. But it is not new. The antarctic, the very last piece of nature on our planet, is owned by a 5-state agreement: Norway, GB, Canada, Argentina and Australia (newcomer) since 195....? Their agreement: no tourism, no intervention of natural resources! The Ross-sea (Ross was the explorer), is visited by 80% of all whales on our planet, it has to be saved as much asd possible. There is a gigantic entrance formed in ice, deeper in stone. Scuba-diving was possible longer than 2km, chambers filled with air. They made a flight with radar for longer than 1000km, it is like Jules Verne , there is a different world. From the other side, speleologists from Australia found a clomplete different climate inside this cave, tropical!!!!!! With flora!
There is no international authority concerning caves, everyone can say: my cock is the ...OMG! I observe this til the 1970ś , oh itś fun! I found pictures of the entrance and a sketch of the length, only the lenght that was measured, maybe it is much longer!!
There is no interest to get worldwide tourists to the antarctic. I was not there, so I cant say, I have seen it with my own eyes. But it is provided that more than 5 seas of sweetwater are found at the ground of antarctic sea, deeper than 2000m. My opinion: close the chapter, we dont have to destroy the very last. And: the USA and China extract oil in the antarctic without permission!
Excuse my bad english, I am german.
Best wishes
Marco Haverland
LOL That's awesome. We love learning about things like this. It says the longest on the National Parks Systems website, so whether or not that's fake news, probably going to keep the title.
Mammoth Spring AR. N-E. Is a great place to start, Hwy. 63. If you're looking for an affordable Honeymoon. Spring water river. Take it down to Hardy AR. There's 2 or 3 Holtels, Days Inn, on top of a hill. There's a nice size cave, The Blanchad Spring caverns.
Good info, thanks!
@@RoadLessTraveledWI Affordable living.
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My fav place to go!! Alot of trails to hike and just the beauty! So much history! Im lucky to live so close! Great video! 😊❤
Thank you. Kentucky does have some beautiful nature. We would love to visit more often!
ya big money in cave tours
Ha. More than oil apparently. In Kentucky at least.
I remember the names of the formations by a slightly differend method whitch is:
the T from stalacTiTe means TOP . . . and the M from the stalagMite means BOTTOM
the rest is simple . . one grows from the top , the other from the bottom . you get what i mean
That's a good method. For me I always remember stalagmites might grow to ceiling.
@@RoadLessTraveledWI thankd :)
"thanks" sorry
Julius manuvel
Where does the cave lead to?
There are many different passageways, some even being discovered today. The deepest path leads to an underground river.
Mall
Basically, nowhere. Mammoth cave is a many layered cave with many interconnecting passages.
Leads to hollow earth, I wasn’t here and you never saw me🤐😶🌫️