A glimpse of Osama

[Brian Roebuck]

IT is incredible but true. I am standing in a dark cave, looking at a pencil-like tower that’s almost two storeys high, illuminated only by the beam from my guide’s torch. The narrow beam reveals the surreal, gnarled structure perched at the tip of the tower which is an amazing stalagmite growing from the floor. And right at the top, I see what looks like the head of an old man with a beard and turban. As I stare, the vision becomes clearer and it strikes me!
But before I can voice out loud my thoughts, guide Manan whispers: “That’s Osama bin Laden!”

www.nst.com.my/Current_News/TravelTimes/article/FeatureStory/20080113113345/Article/

[Azurerana]

"The cave is inside Gunung Tempurung which is about 250 million years old. This means Gua Tempurung is even older than the mountain that rises majestically like a karst tower. Visible from the North-South Expressway near Gopeng, the mountain is an erosional remnant near an ancient coastline. Years of mineralisation of the limestone rocks yield deposits of tin and other ores."

Anyone see something amiss here?

[kenredux]

azurerana said:

"The cave is inside Gunung Tempurung which is about 250 million years old. This means Gua Tempurung is even older than the mountain that rises majestically like a karst tower. Visible from the North-South Expressway near Gopeng, the mountain is an erosional remnant near an ancient coastline. Years of mineralization of the limestone rocks yield deposits of tin and other ores."

Anyone see something amiss here?

Gee whiz, Azurerana, what do you want...perfection?

This much is probably true:

Gua Tempurung is visible from the North-South Expressway near Gopeng.

Well, that's about it! See you later, moderator.

Hmm...
Wait!
Maybe this cave IS older that the mountain that it is in.
After all, what is a cave? Right, a cave is a void filled what air.
And how old is air? Right...air is older than 250,000,000 years.

See, it helps to think these things out.