• Mendip Rocks, Earth Science Lecture Day

    Mendip Rocks are holding a number of presentations on Saturday 17th October as part of the Earth Science Week. Talks will include:-

    Anjana Khatwa, award winning presenter and writer: "The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth". Vince Simmonds, archeologist and cave explorer: "Echoes of the Ice Age: A Pleistocene Record from Mendip Cave Deposits" Of particular interest will be the recent find, the Woolly Rhino Skull that is now in Wells Museum. Owen Dukes - Geologist (Tarmac) "Mendip Mineral Resources"

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Ox Bel Ha Superseded as Longest Underwater Cave System

MJenkinson

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-42718624/divers-in-mexico-have-discovered-the-world-s-longest-cave

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/central-america/mexico/articles/divers-identify-world-largest-underground-cave-network-in-mexico-yucatan-peninsula/
 
Ari - I believe it is the same team in those vids who have connected Dos Ojos to Sac Actun and thus overtaking OBH as the longest.
 
Another article about it:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/largest-underwater-cave-system-in-the-world-discovered-in-mexico-spd/
 
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