Sunday, March 25, 2018

The Marble Caves of Chile



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https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/22/general-carrera-lake-photos_n_4640023.html

A few days ago, I visited Lake General Carrera in Patagonia, Chile with some family friends to see the beautiful formations of igneous rock.  Using a small raft, we were able to capture the beauty of the blue caves created by nature. The regional metamorphic rock of the cavern walls is marble, but unlike most marble it appears blue in color. Which is from the clear pristine water washing up against the rock, for more than 6,200 years. The Marble Cathedral coined for it beautiful wall shows just how magnificent the geography of the Earth can be. With its relatively soft texture and clean appearance, it likely formed from mineral calcite.


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