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Wakulla Springs

Here's a series of seven clips on Wakulla by Chuck Ford featuring the work of the Woodville Karst Plain Project and the Wakulla Watershed Coalition. 

Group preparing for dive through Wakulla, Leon cave system

Via Tallahassee.com...

This weekend, a monumental dive will take place when McKinlay and fellow diver Jarrod Jablonski embark on a 7-mile, seven-hour underwater exploration, entering at Turner Sink on Saturday and emerging in Wakulla Springs on Sunday.

.. more here.

Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System Overview

‘Holy grail of cavers: Virgil the Turtle’s Greathouse Cave

Via Helenal IR...

“It’s obviously glacier created,” Brown said of the cave. “It’s impossible to tell how old the cave actually is. Certainly, the last glacial period, from 10,000 to 1.5 million years ago, had a lot to do with its formation. We think that the clay deposited in the bottom half of the cave may have resulted from sediment that was carried into the cave by glacial melt water. Each band in the clay layer may represent a separate flooding and deposition event. There are a lot of them so this obviously went on for a very long time.

... more here.

Divers find final link in underground aquatic cave system

Via Daytona Beach News Journal Online...

The connection of the Leon Sinks and Wakulla Springs cave systems means the total system is 28 miles long, making it the longest underwater cave in North America.

But the divers' work isn't finished. Now they turn their attention to the south, where they suspect the cave system connects to the Gulf of Mexico about 14 miles south of their southernmost point.

... read more here.

Here's footage from the dive...

Windy Slope Cave by Dave Riggs

Via podcaver.com: Windy Slope Cave by Dave Riggs.

Bill Stone: Journey to the center of the Earth ... and beyond

Divers Say Weeki Wachee Is 400 Feet Deep

Via WFTV.com...

Two divers said the mermaids at Weeki Wachee have plenty of room for swimming...

... read more here.

New river in the cave

I'm not sure what to make of this clip.

Deep Hole Found on Mars

Via Space.com...

The geological oddity measures some 330 feet (100 meters) across and is located on an otherwise bright dusty lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant Tharsis volcanoes on the red planet.

... more here.