Inside the world's largest crystal 'cave' - BBC REEL

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  • Опубліковано 19 кві 2022
  • Discovered in 1999 inside an abandoned mine in Southern Spain, Pulpí Geode is the largest crystal 'cave' of its kind in the world.
    But what exactly is a geode and how do crystals form inside them?
    Discover and be amazed by this wonder of nature.
    A film by Next Stop Stories for BBC Reel.
    #bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews

КОМЕНТАРІ • 304

  • @BBC_Global
    @BBC_Global  2 роки тому +40

    Are there any other natural wonders that you'd like us to explore in a video?

    • @gjsoriano1
      @gjsoriano1 2 роки тому +1

      The freshwater jellyfish in the Pacific island.

    • @esmeraldashreiner6824
      @esmeraldashreiner6824 2 роки тому

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    • @esmeraldashreiner6824
      @esmeraldashreiner6824 2 роки тому

      Zzftiqw

    • @esmeraldashreiner6824
      @esmeraldashreiner6824 2 роки тому

      Stud deer s t

    • @Mp57navy
      @Mp57navy 2 роки тому +2

      Salt crystal caves, similar to these. There are some I've visited in eastern Germany. The crystals are meters big, and the caves are huge. Merkers, Thuringia, Germany.

  • @JasonWilliams-gd8vl
    @JasonWilliams-gd8vl 2 роки тому +158

    I toured the mines last year and the Geode is truly breathtaking.

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 2 роки тому +4

      I need to get my passport renewed.

    • @hertbrayn5203
      @hertbrayn5203 2 роки тому

      Are u syur 🥴

    • @marvisjone5667
      @marvisjone5667 Рік тому

      Stop capping

    • @zer0bankoe
      @zer0bankoe Рік тому +1

      Breathtaking, do you realize? 😂

    • @paulinawon2019
      @paulinawon2019 6 місяців тому +1

      Can I get some information about the travel agent ? I can book the tour before arrival. Many thanks!

  • @olgierdogden4742
    @olgierdogden4742 2 роки тому +78

    The World is an amazing place let’s not loose it.

    • @mikewhocheeseharry5292
      @mikewhocheeseharry5292 2 роки тому +11

      Strapping on a belt tends to help me with loose pants.

    • @leolow2057
      @leolow2057 2 роки тому +5

      Every 60 seconds is equal to 1 minute in Africa.

    • @olgierdogden4742
      @olgierdogden4742 2 роки тому

      @@leolow2057
      And? 1 minute to a 6 year old child appears to be a far longer transit of time compared to 1 minute to an adult. And time if purely designed for the purpose of humanity. In reality time actually doesn’t exist, but I dare say you or someone else will grind this one until it becomes sand and gets blown away like the rest of humanity’s time.

    • @leolow2057
      @leolow2057 2 роки тому +1

      @@olgierdogden4742 you need some milk

    • @olgierdogden4742
      @olgierdogden4742 2 роки тому

      @@leolow2057
      Well at least I have a brain which is nearly 70 years old and a soul that is far older and wiser than what spout’s forth from the comfort of an armchair. Grow up and keep your little quips for someone of your mentality let alone age. End of!

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 2 роки тому +21

    This is wonderful, it's the only one you can visit, the Naica cave was flooded again to preserve it.

    • @haseo8244
      @haseo8244 2 роки тому +7

      And there are still more hidden somewhere in the world.

    • @kdjnhdojgdjjdhrge7824
      @kdjnhdojgdjjdhrge7824 Місяць тому

      @@haseo8244
      There is a bigger one discovered April 18th 2024 in Madagascar called the 'Kianja Kristaly' (Crystal Arena). One of the biggest crystals in there holds a partially preserved Titanosaurus. The Madagascan government closed all access, even to scientists, until further notice.

  • @marelisramirez7197
    @marelisramirez7197 Рік тому +6

    We went to visit the Geode (Almeria) and it was awesome. I am everything I learn on my Physical Science class. My students were so impress with this beautiful and unique nature beautifulness. I am so glad I got to visit and show the pictures. Special thanks to Manuel who was a wonderful guide. My husband Rafa is sending him a big hi.

  • @CM-dh8py
    @CM-dh8py 2 роки тому +32

    I’ve been there! We didn’t know anything about it when we went to stay in Mar de Pulpí, but it turned out to be one of the best (and one of the only) things to do there. The geode is like looking into Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Totally gorgeous.

    • @toneenorman2135
      @toneenorman2135 2 роки тому +2

      Do you get to touch the crystals? Thank you.

    • @KA-vs7nl
      @KA-vs7nl 2 роки тому +1

      @@toneenorman2135 yes you walk all over them

    • @Jameslockheeart
      @Jameslockheeart 7 місяців тому

      1Whoa really they let you do that?? in my experence most tours allow eyes only lol! @@KA-vs7nl

    • @ewe392
      @ewe392 7 днів тому

      How expensive

  • @splintmeow4723
    @splintmeow4723 2 роки тому +14

    So happy they preserved this wonder of nature ❤

  • @khadijah3519
    @khadijah3519 2 роки тому +28

    BEAUTIFUL!!! Please do not let humans tear it up. Thanks🌺

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 Рік тому +1

      Why would they these crystals are worthless and priceless where they stand

    • @Jameslockheeart
      @Jameslockheeart 7 місяців тому

      It's a good thing that these are worthless because if they wern't they would be long mined and sold linning sombodys pocket!
      I hope they will stay intact forever @@timohara7717

  • @shanicemupamombe5703
    @shanicemupamombe5703 2 роки тому +28

    This is so cool. It reminds me of that scene in the old Superman movie.
    Except that this one is real and natural. Simply Beautiful.

  • @zkatch
    @zkatch 2 роки тому +3

    Wow! Superman's home!

  • @cenedraleaheldra5275
    @cenedraleaheldra5275 2 роки тому +26

    I hope it stays in tact for ever. It is so so beautiful.

    • @darkapothecary4116
      @darkapothecary4116 2 роки тому

      Nothing last forever but it might survive about two times its age

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 Рік тому +1

      ​@@darkapothecary4116 might survive one more ice age

  • @sparkle4051
    @sparkle4051 2 роки тому +11

    Beautiful beyond words!

  • @ChicoCarvallo
    @ChicoCarvallo Рік тому +2

    Imagine places that has yet to be discovered and maybe they never will be, what a wonderful world.

  • @christopherhughes2211
    @christopherhughes2211 2 роки тому +10

    Just so beautiful.

  • @JustAThought155
    @JustAThought155 2 роки тому +4

    Wow!!! That is gorgeous!!!

  • @kearnterrence4779
    @kearnterrence4779 2 роки тому +3

    Lindo el lugar. Impresionante.

  • @p.singson3910
    @p.singson3910 2 роки тому

    I read this in Reader's Digest, maybe 10-15 years ago. Still fascinated.

  • @xxxx-qo9dh
    @xxxx-qo9dh 4 місяці тому

    On my bucket list right now!

  • @Wutzmename
    @Wutzmename Рік тому +2

    Very informative and beautiful. Watched it twice. Once for the translation and twice for the the view.

  • @mikkimikki5376
    @mikkimikki5376 2 роки тому +5

    Oh, thank you. This is lovely😘

  • @RealBradMiller
    @RealBradMiller 2 роки тому +3

    I had this confused for the one cave that is much too hot and humid to spend time in. That geode is magnificent! Imagine all the other hidden places we have beneath our feet...

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 2 роки тому

      Even the stuff the miners left behind is awesome, looks straight out of the Fallout franchise! Those sandals look like they were made from old tires.

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 Рік тому +1

      It's probabaly a similar thing with thid usually larger cobalt or dolomite crystals really only form with heat

  • @sharisimonehampton5434
    @sharisimonehampton5434 7 місяців тому

    How wonderful you have had this experience. I have dreamed of being inside with giant crystals for many years well before these discoveries. Absolutely fascinating. I hope to someday in the near future to be able to visit. And I will still be allowed to see. Thank you for this video. Very well made too. 😉👍❤

  • @mujkocka
    @mujkocka 2 роки тому +2

    This is on my to do list now!

  • @4061earthabcdesong
    @4061earthabcdesong 2 роки тому +1

    Speechless~~ Amazing!!

  • @HigherRPMs
    @HigherRPMs 2 роки тому +20

    Amazing , what nature can do .

  • @JJ_Magnificent
    @JJ_Magnificent 2 роки тому +4

    Would love to visit one day!! 💎❤️

  • @RevMikeBlack
    @RevMikeBlack Рік тому

    Fascinating.

  • @seekerwonderer2619
    @seekerwonderer2619 2 роки тому +1

    good research!

  • @enthusedtosing9655
    @enthusedtosing9655 2 роки тому +9

    The largest cave is Naica, this is the largest geode - so the content says, hence the title on the thumbnail is wrong
    But in any case, what beauty

    • @RavinRay
      @RavinRay 2 роки тому +2

      To be fair they did put _cave_ in quotation marks but I get your point.

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 Рік тому

      ​@@RavinRay wait it is a geode? Bruh that's weird thought it was a cave. A single Boulder made this? Wow

  • @jamescoleakaericunderwood2503
    @jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 2 роки тому +4

    Amazing! That's a huge geode! We started using Dolomite in epoxy matrix as a filler for Terrazzo Flooring... It's my understanding that it is used in swimming pool plastering... that's what makes it sparkle...

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, time to go to Spain then.

  • @dondichuidian7776
    @dondichuidian7776 2 роки тому +1

    Wow That's really nice!

  • @karmapolice5532
    @karmapolice5532 2 роки тому

    On my bucket list now

  • @Celestialkarma
    @Celestialkarma 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful place God bless

  • @siefanziee
    @siefanziee 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful nature we mustika saved this ... for next generation can seeing

  • @perry92964
    @perry92964 2 роки тому +1

    im sure it will close soon cause im sure people who visit it ate taking souvenirs, same as with coral in the florida keys

  • @sujanghosh4267
    @sujanghosh4267 2 роки тому +3

    Wonderful

  • @heinedenmark
    @heinedenmark 2 роки тому +2

    Wauw .. Just awesome! Would be fun to play with light and lasers in there. I need to go see this..

  • @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon
    @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon 2 роки тому +1

    You found the Selia Crystal Mine! Be careful. Caelid is nearby.

  • @adamrios3141
    @adamrios3141 Рік тому

    Amazing

  • @wendylow5748
    @wendylow5748 2 роки тому

    That was SO COOLLL!

  • @alienobserver2431
    @alienobserver2431 Рік тому +1

    The guy who discovered this cave died horribly but left us with this paradise

  • @samatha1994
    @samatha1994 2 роки тому

    Muy hermosa🙂

  • @saraxdouglas8577
    @saraxdouglas8577 3 місяці тому

    Yeah not sure why anyone is going to space when all the awesome stuff is right here where we live. 💙☮️🙏

  • @cyclingcmdr
    @cyclingcmdr 2 роки тому +2

    They found Superman's ship underground.

  • @cccc285
    @cccc285 2 місяці тому

    This is insane it’s straight out of fiction

  • @mightychicken7774
    @mightychicken7774 2 роки тому +2

    That is so cool... I don't even have anything valuable to say besides that.

  • @jivatma
    @jivatma 2 роки тому +2

    You can't fool us, that's Superman's lair.

  • @douglasortiz571
    @douglasortiz571 2 роки тому +2

    The largest crystal 'CAVE" in the world is naturally the Naica cave in Mexico, this one is Spain is a little geode compared to it, the title of the video should be changed appropriately to world's largest geode if that is the point they want to make. small but beautiful.

  • @IdOfFanin
    @IdOfFanin 2 роки тому +1

    supersize version of average geode you see from gift shops. that really puts into perspective how big that cave is.

  • @SudipBishwakarma
    @SudipBishwakarma 2 роки тому +2

    Fortress of Solitude in real life.

  • @consis
    @consis 2 роки тому

    awesome

  • @angelapantaleon
    @angelapantaleon 2 роки тому

    Que belleza

  • @spacekettle2478
    @spacekettle2478 2 роки тому +6

    I mean, the miners might've been awed when they found that geode, even though it meant they're gonna have to change their mining route.
    I can imagine them telling their family about the amazing cave, and how their boss excitedly took some pictures in it while complaining that they're not gonna meet their schedule.

  • @MoritaJunichiro
    @MoritaJunichiro 10 місяців тому

    🔮 Hard structures protect the Earth's interior?🔮 beautiful👏🏻

  • @chrisrinelambert9418
    @chrisrinelambert9418 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful 😘

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 10 місяців тому

    Mother Nature is the Best.

  • @3DLL.
    @3DLL. 2 роки тому

    reminds me of the film called The Core
    2003 ‧ Sci-fi/Action The film focuses on a team whose mission is to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to restart the rotation of the Earth's core

  • @354sd
    @354sd 2 роки тому +1

    Now that is interesting news

  • @1rober2
    @1rober2 2 роки тому

    I must go and see this cave next time I am in Andalusia.

  • @andrewvillafuerte5590
    @andrewvillafuerte5590 2 роки тому +2

    Looks like the home of Superman

  • @chloel626
    @chloel626 2 роки тому

    They need to dig it all up and bring it to museum exhibit near me so i can maybe visit one day when i have time.

  • @jonitan76
    @jonitan76 2 роки тому +1

    now superman will find this cave to regain his superpower

  • @elmerfudd5650
    @elmerfudd5650 10 місяців тому

    There is a little known crystal cave in Jackson county Alabama. I can't find any information about it on the internet. I have never seen it, but I have talked to a couple of cavers from that area that say there is enough room to stand up inside of the geode. There are many caves in Jackson county, but, only one crystal cave that I have heard of. I think the spelunkers want to keep it a secrete.

  • @trinitytwo14992
    @trinitytwo14992 2 роки тому +1

    I would LOVE to go and sit in this cave, GEODE and Meditate.

  • @petergambier
    @petergambier 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks for posting. What an astounding, and huge geode.

  • @hvip4
    @hvip4 6 місяців тому

    The movie "Core" was right all along 😮

  • @adityavikram83
    @adityavikram83 2 роки тому +1

    🤔 I wonder if they have a laser light show in this cave, it would be spectacular with all of he reflections….

  • @natneopit5366
    @natneopit5366 Рік тому +1

    I wonder if there is any possibility for some very little crystals alike to these of Pulpí to be sold. In the roman empire they use selenite gypsum rock (lapis specularis) as glass for the windows, etc... of the houses and buildings. Evidently it can't substitute glass but it's an interesting material and I'd like to know if there's any place in the world where I can find this material, where it is being sold in small quantities. It would be interesting to use a little of this material in very small quantities along with the other traditional materials usually used.

  • @michaelbayer5887
    @michaelbayer5887 2 роки тому +1

    ... to the middle point of earth - story by Jules Verne als very big cristalls - but here in Mexico and hot clima under earth. And Geode - the Odeon on God - it's musik with text of Friedrich Schiller.

  • @cantertuft3195
    @cantertuft3195 2 роки тому +1

    What about the Naica cave in Mexico, the crystals are twice as big!?

  • @Timeisirrelevant
    @Timeisirrelevant 2 роки тому

    Reminds me of the book The Crystal Cave in the Merlin series by Mary Stewart ( I think that is the author's name).

  • @GspotPredator
    @GspotPredator 2 роки тому +1

    Healing power of the crystals, where are these chicks???

    • @mysticrose4430
      @mysticrose4430 2 роки тому

      Selenite, master healer, clear quartz, master crystal , hehe

  • @messyaup1
    @messyaup1 2 роки тому +1

    At 0:59 Plasterboard is a poor translation for "plancha de yeso" - she is referring to a gypsum deposit.

  • @markrunk9171
    @markrunk9171 2 роки тому

    The one on Put in bayt island on lake erie can fit a dozen people inside of it.

  • @nikhilgangadharan2286
    @nikhilgangadharan2286 2 роки тому

    Titans!!

  • @coffeejack7458
    @coffeejack7458 2 роки тому

    Imagine the quartz watch you can make with one of those crystals!.
    Heavy on the wrist though!.

    • @MOEMUGGY
      @MOEMUGGY 2 роки тому

      They're not that kind of crystal. They're soft enough you can dig your finger nail into them... I know right. It bummed me out when I heard this too.

    • @timohara7717
      @timohara7717 Рік тому

      ​@@MOEMUGGY at least their strong enough to hold their weight

  • @jurkobatina1229
    @jurkobatina1229 3 місяці тому

    there is some use of this crystals we didnt find it yet

  • @utahwaxwing
    @utahwaxwing 7 місяців тому

    She seems to say "This is formed with water, but we're worried about water getting on it"
    I wonder if more water with the exactly right minerals could cause these to grow more

  • @Hunter08083
    @Hunter08083 2 роки тому

    Guau!😀😃😮😯😲

  • @thecaveman254
    @thecaveman254 2 роки тому +2

    Looks like supermans fortress of solitude

  • @SemGabelko
    @SemGabelko 2 роки тому

    Are there any portals to other dimensions in the cave?

  • @OnlyInCyprus4
    @OnlyInCyprus4 2 роки тому +4

    Walter White cooked all of these crystals and stored them there!

  • @leegrim7504
    @leegrim7504 2 роки тому +1

    Word of advice, do not smoke this crystal, they said it was the same but it's not the same

  • @DennisMoore664
    @DennisMoore664 2 роки тому +3

    I've always thought I should visit Spain.

  • @danijel124
    @danijel124 2 роки тому

    I do admire this find but checking humidity seems ridicolous to me... It has been there for millions of years loolz :P

  • @iamtg1
    @iamtg1 8 місяців тому

    Sit inside that giant geode for 5 minutes and your mind will be crystal clear. 😎

  • @paulinawon2019
    @paulinawon2019 6 місяців тому

    How can I reserve access to Crystal Cave?

  • @yellowstome5856
    @yellowstome5856 Рік тому +1

    Well, I think there are plenty of them, but when do we ever look inside earth crust?

  • @madbug1965
    @madbug1965 2 роки тому

    It looks like the kingdom of the Mole Man in his first appearance in the Fantastic Four comic book

  • @TheCrystalCollector
    @TheCrystalCollector 2 роки тому +1

    Sure looks like selenite crystals, whaaaaaaaaat a cave it is!

  • @izharfatima5295
    @izharfatima5295 2 роки тому

    The composition is not mentioned of both crystals in Spain and Mexico.

  • @joebannon6920
    @joebannon6920 2 роки тому

    They should deck it out with multicolored Led lights😵‍💫

  • @user-rg4bl9wb7m
    @user-rg4bl9wb7m 2 роки тому

    東京の人間は自分のせいにされるからイヤ テレビで色々文句言うてた
    「そんな人テレビに出て欲しく無い」とか「そこまでしてこの仕事がしたいワケ(東京でタレントの仕事)」凄いこの西川さんがバッシングされてて 当時はなんでここまで彼女がバッシングされてたか知らない 神戸出身のタレント女医 出て来る前にバッシングしてた人。。スゴーイありがとう(v^-゚)

  • @LVXMagick
    @LVXMagick 2 роки тому

    Omg this is my dream house lol

  • @sevenhenson3926
    @sevenhenson3926 2 роки тому +1

    My claustrophobia will not allow me to come here... to 😨

  • @user-ip1oj7xr3v
    @user-ip1oj7xr3v 2 роки тому

    Там одни экскурсии чего стоят)

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat1 2 роки тому

    I want to make a drumset with some of these and see what it would sound like

  • @ziongomez7758
    @ziongomez7758 3 місяці тому

    This is something out of quartz quadrant 😮

  • @samelis6546
    @samelis6546 2 роки тому

    What's the difference between a cave of crystals and a geode this size? Excuse my ignorance but I didn't get her explanation about the difference between Naica Mine and this one

    • @RavinRay
      @RavinRay 2 роки тому +1

      A cave is formed from the hollowing out of pre-existing rock via weathering and erosion, with crystals like stalaCtites (from the Ceiling) and stalaGmites (from the Ground) growing later. A geode starts from a hollow, usually rounded space that is formed from, say gas bubbles in igneous or sedimentary rocks as they harden; these vesicles or air pockets are then filled with crystals deposited on the inner wall growing inwards by mineral saturated water seeping into the hollow from cracks and fissures. Hope I explained it clearly for you.

    • @samelis6546
      @samelis6546 2 роки тому

      @@RavinRay Thanks a lot! Yes, it's a very clear explanation :D Have a great day.