Skaftafell Ice Cave, Great Britain
From series “Fantastic and Colorful Caves Inside the Earth”
In Iceland, in the territory of the Skaftafell National Park there is an amazing ice cave with the same name. Ice caves in general are considered a very special kind of geological formations. They appear on the edge of glaciers and can exist only a few decades. Skaftafell Ice Cave, as well as other caves similar to it, has been formed under the influence of thawed waters. They are accumulated on the surface of a glacier and penetrate into its smallest cracks, gradually leading to the formation of huge galleries.
The ice cave looks incredibly beautiful. In the daytime the light hits the walls of the glacier and stains the cave in a rich blue colour. Visiting the cave is allowed only in winter, when low temperatures hold ice together. In summer, the cave can collapse at any time. Being inside an ice tunnel is incredibly dangerous. Even in winter tourists may be intimidated by the constant crackling of ice that is heard inside the cave. In fact, there is nothing frightening in such sounds. Not the walls of the cave are cracking, but the glacier itself, which is in constant motion.
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