The real power of crystals
Just been chatting with the very talented producer/director Nigel Walk, who filmed the astonishing crystal cave sequence at the start of the new landmark BBC series ‘How Earth Made Us‘. They could only film in 20 minute bursts due to the lethal levels of heat – it was a hugely difficult thing to film. Have a look, it’s an incredible, beautiful environment.
Should’nt your heading say: your minds belong to us? why do you have the word ‘are’ in there? just an observation. The crystals look amazing!
Msg from Abeo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
They probably could only film in short bursts because of the energy, man. Their chacras must have been going crazy with all that Chi…
Thanks for the great link Derren a most wonderous crystal palace indeed. So much more to discover about our wonderful planet, and we’re at the tip of the iceberg ๐
Not available in my area! DOH!
I think something was posted on the blog about these crystals before. But wow, they’re just awesome. Watching it, I could almost feel the heat pouring through my screen. And to think, these crystals were discovered by accident! Such a place to behold.
This world we live in can be a beautiful, magnificent, wondrous place at times, can’t it? ๐
LC x
This documentary was flagged up previously here on the blog and I people took swipes at the validity of it, claiming that thw photo’s from inside the caves looked like bad photoshopping efforts. Thanks for validicating Dezza. I was really at a loss…
…it really is very hard to spell correctly with a cheeseburger in one hand…
Iรยดve seen a little bit of his documentary earlier on, it is stunningly mindblowing jealous making and what more not…!
i believe that show was on PBS here in the states. that cave is scary as hel.
Anyway we can get that video to us yanks? The BBC in it’s infinite glory and wisdom won’t let anyone outside the UK watch their videos. C4 is the same way I think, anyways, is it possible to get a global-friendly link?
…and a penis in the other… (lol jk)
somehow a world like Krypton (sp?) doesn’t seen so far fetched afterall!
“Why do you have the word รขโฌหareรขโฌโข in there?”
It’s an internet meme. A thought virus. Infecting your mind. A parody of “All your base are belong to us”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
Also, such a shame they are going to reflood the cave once the mine becomes un-econimcally viable ๐
So beautiful, yet such a shame that we have stopped them growing by draining the cave.
It was strangly moving watching this programme I just wanted to touch them!
It was a great start to the series. Iain Stewart makes some fascinating documentaries.
For all foreigners… iPlayer does work you just have to go to their site and search for the programme/link yourself, and not follow the link in the post.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/
Well, i hope this works… it does for me!
xx
very interesting info about the crystals really good to watch and see ๐
@Mike Hoffman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icVy7Ve6y6A
Bugger, we are living in a globalized world the EU-laws are forced into our daily existence. Our bread and butter need to be made by standards set in EU law. But we in Holland can not simply watch a film on the internet of the BBC because we are not “in England”. Well so much for globalization ๐
Just gorgeous. You think it’s just a normal sized crystal at first, growing in a cup…Then you see that guy standing to the left, and you realize just how big it is! ๐ฎ
ALL YOUR MEME ARE BELONG TO US!
puts my copper sulphate experiments in school to shame ๐
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There was much talk in the caving world in Britain when photo’s of the cave were first published. Many believed the pictures to be fake. The film looks pretty convincing now though. No doubt any attempt to organise a caving trip there would sink in a sea of red tape.
I think you Europeans are again “Not seeing the forest for the trees!! ”
Yes the crystals are neat with the ability to get a camera in there to take those pics but would not the real story be about how small the man is on the left side of the screen?
One other thing I noticed, not being able to see the video because I’m in America. I mean come on, we invented the Internet, should’nt we, by default, have cart blanche on being able to watch anything that is out there?
I did go to the BBC link provided by one of the posters and it said that if we were not in Britain we could “listen” to the programs,.. What is that all about?
Douglas
this show was grate
@Douglas – Last I know the company was called the BBC not the ABC…..
LC x
Derren,
It really sucks that I can’t play the videos you post in the US.
Love your work when I can catch it on YouTube!
Warmest regards from Las Vegas,NV (aka: Sin City – seven deadly sins, one convenient location)
There are ancient British myths about crystal caves (usually involving Merlin and his knights) – I wonder if they’ve been discovered before here, hundreds of years ago?