The world's largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle5.39.217.77:88985 k& x% e8 e* E
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Possibly the world's largest cave passage, Hang Son Doong was discovered in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle by a British caving team. At 150m long and 200m high, it is seven times as high as York Cathedral
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* O; {: E) @. Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOriginally discovered in 1991, the cave had not been entered since, due to the terrifying wind and noise from the large underground river公仔箱論壇% j! L8 U& H6 ~$ x1 C' h' ]) f
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The team spent five days exploring the cave after trekking six hours through the jungle to find it. They had to negotiate two underground rivers before reaching the main passage
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The Hang Son Doong cave is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder. It has been hailed as 'amazing' and a 'significant discovery' by the expedition team |