Post by L Roebuck on Jan 30, 2009 9:00:08 GMT -5
Why did 2 divers perish in underwater cave?
Divers call north and central Florida "cave country" - for the dozens of springs and sinkholes that lead to networks of caverns and twisting tunnels, some hundreds of feet deep and miles long.
The caves can be beautiful. Divers have photographed spellbinding images of sun beaming through aquamarine water at a cave's entrance. Other photos show divers trekking through towering limestone formations, as if in another world.
But each year, divers get lost in the tunnels. In all, nearly 400 people have died in Florida's caves, according to the nonprofit International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery.
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Divers call north and central Florida "cave country" - for the dozens of springs and sinkholes that lead to networks of caverns and twisting tunnels, some hundreds of feet deep and miles long.
The caves can be beautiful. Divers have photographed spellbinding images of sun beaming through aquamarine water at a cave's entrance. Other photos show divers trekking through towering limestone formations, as if in another world.
But each year, divers get lost in the tunnels. In all, nearly 400 people have died in Florida's caves, according to the nonprofit International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery.
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