Massive Subterranean Cave Networks Hidden Beneath Mexico’s Blue Cenotes
That blue water at your feet in Mexico’s famous cenotes is not just a scenic natural pool; it is an exposed node in a massive underground plumbing system carved by water through limestone. Each sinkhole marks a point where a rock roof finally failed and a buried river corridor opened to the sky.Cenotes form in karst terrain, where slightly acidic rainwater percolates downward, dissolving the carbo...More
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