Oct 31 2008Miners Stumble Upon Fortress Of Solitude, Superman Pissed, Can't Find Solitude
So apparently what scientists are dubbing the 'Cave of Crystals' was discovered 1,000ft beneath the Chiihuahua Desert in Mexico.
Up to 170 giant, luminous obelisks - the biggest is 37.4ft long and the equivalent height of six men - jut across the grotto like tangled pillars of light; and the damp rock of their walls is covered with yet more flawless clusters of blade-sharp crystal.
When, about 600,000 years ago, the magma began to cool, the minerals started to precipitate out of the water, and over the centuries the tiny crystals they formed grew and grew until 1985, when miners unwittingly drained the cave as they lowered the water table with mine pumps.
Unfortunately, the temperature stays around 112F with a humidity near 100%. So yeah, Superman likes it hot and muggy. Superman living in Mexico -- who would have thought! I figured he had set up shop in Norway or Iceland. He must stick around to put the moves on the drunk co-eds that come down to Cancun for spring break. A couple margaritas with the little umbrellas in them, and then BAM, Superman dem hoes! Holy shit, Superman's a predator.
Hit the jump for two more pictures (including a picture of the real Fortress of Solitude) and an informative video. Learning is fun!
Pictured: The Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert [dailymail]
Thanks to I Like Pie and Peter, who once looted Superman's Fortress of Solitude and stole a couple capes. And also, some tights.
Reader Comments
1. Huh? - October 31, 2008 12:18 PM
WHOO!!..
2. Uberdork - October 31, 2008 12:22 PM
2nd yes!!
YESSSSSS!!!!
wooooooo!!
3. Nurple - October 31, 2008 12:24 PM
This was on Nat Geo about 3 weeks ago.
4. TheloneusKool - October 31, 2008 12:26 PM
yeah this was for sure in National Geographic a few weeks ago....so..WHOMP, your dumb
5. I'm a Computer - October 31, 2008 12:27 PM
I would love to be the first to say that these are 100% fake. copy/paste blur, stamp tool, photoshop, all wrong with the shadows and such. biker boys, tokyo drift, never back down.
6. LA HERMANO DE SUPERO - October 31, 2008 12:29 PM
CUIDADO MUCHO
7. TheloneusKool - October 31, 2008 12:30 PM
and future FYI for all future tards. these arent photoshopped they were in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE (except superman)
8. Moose Knuckle - October 31, 2008 12:35 PM
This is just like in the movies where Lex Luthor easily finds, and starts rummaging through the fortress of solitude, you'd think he'd get some kind of home security system or something. Or maybe Bryan Singer should stop using dumbass plot devices. Superman with a kid!?!?! Only a shithead would think of that! Or a homo.
pew you
9. GEOFF LEPPARD - October 31, 2008 12:39 PM
Who do you think likes t*** more: Superman or Batman?
10. Daisy - October 31, 2008 12:41 PM
Fake!!!
This is an obvious fake. You can tell, the shadows are all wrong.
This looks a little like extended scene in the movie Never Back Down.
...
What am I doing with my life? Is this some kind of misinterpreted call for help? Why do I continue to do this?
11. Daisy - October 31, 2008 12:42 PM
Fake!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its fake, the shadows are all wrong.
It does look a little like the scene where Max and Baja went spelunking in the movie Never Back Down
12. Daisy - October 31, 2008 12:47 PM
Fake!!!
The above comment is an obvious fake. You can tell, the shadows are all wrong.
This look like the scene in the movie Never Back Down when Ryan posts in a forum as Max.
13. MightyD - October 31, 2008 12:49 PM
F*** me! this is real
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/82948445.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naica_Mine
14. MightyD - October 31, 2008 12:51 PM
Never Back Down? To bring credibility to your statement? really?
15. Zoid Elpertclam - October 31, 2008 1:15 PM
It seems that "MightyD" is kind of pissed off at Daisy.
Yo, have you met before?
Well, MightyD. Allow me to introduce you to Daisy. If you haven't noticed, she's a constant Geekologie visitor. She comments on every Geekologie article, everyday, whole year 'round.
Daisy says the same whole damn thing on all of her comments.
16. Amy - October 31, 2008 1:28 PM
Obnoxious Daisy troll is obnoxious.
I realize I'm a cynic, but am I the only one who saw this and thought, "oh, great. Now that the news is out everyone in a 20-mile radius of this thing is going to come and loot the place until it's totally destroyed"? Am I seriously THAT pessimistic? I mean, really?
*shakes head, gets another vodka tonic*
17. bernard fleming - October 31, 2008 1:55 PM
@16 - Meow and redundant. Lets have a catfight!
18. Daisy - October 31, 2008 1:55 PM
Fake!
You can tell these pictures are all fake. It is an obvious photoshop, the shadows are all wrong.
These are deleted scenes from the movie Never Back Down when Max has to rescue Baja after falling in a cave.
Thanks to all the others that have made me feel like the most popular poster on this site!
19. MTWTF - October 31, 2008 1:57 PM
Daisy is RAD!
Pew pew pew
20. Momboelitist - October 31, 2008 2:00 PM
@16, where do you think all the witches are going to replenish their crystal supply from? I had a witch give me a crystal once for protection. My dog ate it and died the next day trying to pass it. On the bright side, witches don't like to wear clothing and this one was smokin hot.
Anyway, I wouldn't worry as I'm sure they will turn it into some type of national treasure deal and guard it against looters.
21. MTWTF - October 31, 2008 2:03 PM
@8. Bryan Singer is one of the best directors of all time! So, yeah, maybe he puts homosexual undertones in all his movies, isn't that what we all want to see anyway?!?!
Who else has the ability to make Comic superhereos like X-Men and Superman gay?
Yay Bryan.
P.S. If my name was Bryan I's spell it with a "Y" too. That's so metro!
pew pew pew
ZOMGWTFBBQ
22. Jordan - October 31, 2008 2:06 PM
That's awesome!
It's amazing how things like this are still hidden in the world, just waiting to be discovered.
23. Zoid Elpertclam - October 31, 2008 2:38 PM
Don't flatter yourself, Daisy. Or at least not too much. I know how annoying your renegade comments could be, but we are all aware that we're just doing are part to humanity.
Like I said, just do what you gotta do.
24. rick crammond - October 31, 2008 2:46 PM
Don't panic...it's simply Atlantis rising from the ashes of the Phoenix...
25. DrNecropolis - October 31, 2008 2:57 PM
TheloneusKool- "yeah this was for sure in National Geographic a few weeks ago....so..WHOMP, your dumb"
I wouldn't run around calling people dumb dude. YOU'RE clearly not paying any attention
I wonder what the first guy who went down there thought?
26. MTWTF - October 31, 2008 3:07 PM
@25 I always wondered what the first guy that had to eat a lobster was thinking.
27. MightyD - October 31, 2008 3:08 PM
Zoid! Dude, thx for the clarification and introduction. Daisy! Go f*** a turd pls!
28. DreamFolder - October 31, 2008 3:10 PM
@25
He thought "DAMN it HOT in here!" The temperature in that cave is so high people can only stand to be in there for a few minutes. Even with cooled suits they can only stay in there for 30 minutes.
29. LSDiesel - October 31, 2008 3:19 PM
@9, It's hard to say. One the one hand, superman (the pervert) probably uses his x-ray vision to look at t*** all the time, so therefore he's probably used to them. (notice I didn't say sick of them, just used to having them being always available.
On the other hand, batman is such a BADASS that he probably sees more t*** than even superman, so it's a tough call.
And the crystals ARE fake, totally photoshopped, and most the little men in orange suits are the specail effects co-ordinators for the summer blockbuster Never Back Down.
I had to try it at least once. Sorry. It won't happen again.
PEW PEW PEW
30. DrNecropolis - October 31, 2008 3:42 PM
@26 hahahaha, also wonder what the first guy who discovered coffee beans thought. Probably...
heythesethingshaveastrongtastemanigotsomuchenergymaybeishouldtry
boilingtheseinwaterpewpewpew...then his heart explodes
31. LSDiesel - October 31, 2008 3:44 PM
@26 and 30, Or the first guy who looked a cow's utters, decided to playfully pull on them, and then drink the first thing that came out.
32. Ken - October 31, 2008 4:11 PM
This is cool, I'd like to visit this place
33. Quetxy - October 31, 2008 9:21 PM
It is REAL.
That place in Mexico is my hometown. It is a mine active zone. there a re several geode banks around there. My dad is a Geologist, and he went on one of the expeditions. The guys in suits are not from never back down, they're a team of engineers and geologists from the UACH, the state university.
I was with the team of speleologists that trained the engineers.
A little internet research would clear your doubts, instead of being lazy and say its a fake.
34. darth tyrannosaurus - October 31, 2008 11:03 PM
My favorite thing about daisy's never back down posts are the saps who always argue with her. C'mon people, if you aren't reading geekologie all day what are you doing? trick or treating? having sex?
35. Narcissist - November 2, 2008 9:32 AM
Surreal discovery.
@16 Amy - No crap. Some idiots will probably get in there and write "Worthless Degenerate Loves Skanky Dimwit" or "Waste of Space was here" all over everything. Then they'll die in there and someone will act like that was tragic.
36. Afiq Feisal - November 2, 2008 1:20 PM
#9 : I think Batman loves titties more. Well, Katie Holmes (a.k.a Rachel Dawes) did appear topless in The Gift and therefore Batman spends his time in teh Batcave downloading stills from the scene. Actually this joke is from Mad Classics Magazine Issue 22 in July 2008, but I thought this joke is relevant so I put it up here :P
37. Mort - November 3, 2008 6:01 AM
#33 your a noob read the posts about daisy for god sake
38. Sinner - November 3, 2008 7:53 AM
What about the first guy to try escargo....snails or bat shit???? WTF,, FTW?
39. LSDiesel - November 3, 2008 1:12 PM
@33, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, oh wow, *wipes tear* I haven't laughed that hard at a newb in such a long time. Thank you. Thank you very much. Reading your ignoracne just made my day.
....geh.....
40. Celarent - November 3, 2008 5:58 PM
I was there 8 years ago :P
Was too hot to stay for too long, though, and my camera wouldn't handle the heat
41. gerard pawling - November 15, 2008 8:43 PM
i have one of these in my simsbury connecticut backyard
42. louis vuitton - September 28, 2009 1:48 AM
yeah this was for sure in National Geographic a few weeks ago....so..WHOMP, your dumb