Makoma a Cathedral ankatchedwa Bats Cave poyamba. Jacob (Jay) Gurley anagula phanga mu 1955 ndipo adatsegulira anthu. Pamene adatenga mkazi wake kuphanga kwa nthawi yoyamba, adakanthidwa ndi kukongola kwa chipinda chimodzi chachikulu ndi stalagmites ndi stalactites ndipo anati ziwoneka ngati "tchalitchi". Gurley mwanzeru anasintha dzina la phanga panthawiyo ndipo wakhala akudziwika kuyambira nthawi imeneyo monga Cathedral Caverns, ngakhale kuti lasintha maulendo ambiri.
Cathedral Caverns inakhala paki ya boma mu 1987. Ili ndi mahekitala 461 a malo pafupi ndi Grant, Alabama. The Caverns inatsegulidwanso kwa anthu mu August 2000.
Phanga tsopano liri ndi njira yowongoka ndi yowala yomwe ili mamita khumi pamwamba pa njira yapachiyambi. Ulendowu ndi ulendo wamtunda pang'ono ndipo umatenga ola limodzi ndi mphindi 15. Ndinapeza mapiri ena ovuta koma osatheka. Kuyenda pansi pamtunda kunali kovuta kuposa UP! Ngati muli ndi thanzi labwino, kuyenda sikuyenera kukhala vuto. Ndilo kulumikizako kwa olumala.
Malangizo ndi antchito a paki ndi okoma ndi ophunzitsira. Eric Dobbins ndiye anali kutsogoleredwa kwathu ndipo anapereka mfundo zambiri zamtengo wapatali zokhudza mbiriyakale ya phanga, ndondomeko ya mapangidwe a phanga omwe anali osowa, ndi chitetezo cha mphanga.
Cathedral Caverns Specs
Cathedral Caverns ili ndi zolemba zisanu zapadziko lonse:
- Makoma a Cathedral ali ndi khomo lalikulu kwambiri la phanga lililonse la malonda padziko lapansi. Ndilo mamita 25 m'litali ndi mamita 128 m'lifupi.
- Cathedral Caverns ndi nyumba ya "Goliath" - stalagmite yaikulu padziko lonse lapansi. Ndiyitali mamita 45 ndi mamita 243 mu mkhalidwe.
- Makoma a Cathedral ali ndi khoma lalikulu kwambiri lamwala, lomwe ndi lalitali mamita 32 ndi mamita 135 kutalika.
- Cathedral Caverns amadziwika kuti ndi mathithi aakulu kwambiri "a madzi".
- Cathedral Caverns ili ndi nkhalango yaikulu kwambiri ya stalagmite ya phanga lililonse padziko lapansi.
- Cathedral Caverns ili ndi mapangidwe odabwitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi omwe ndi stalagmite omwe ndi wamtali mamita 35 ndi mamita atatu m'lifupi!
Cathedral Caverns ili ndi Crystal Room yomwe siikutsegulidwa kwa anthu. Mapangidwe amapangidwa ndi woyera woyera calcite ndipo kumveka kwa mawu a wina kungasokoneze pa makumi asanu ndi awiri mwa magawo makumi atatu a maonekedwe. Cathedral Caverns ili ndi Malo Okulu, omwe ndiatali mamita 79 ndi mamita 200.
Awa ndiwodabwitsa kwambiri kuchokera ku chirengedwe ndi mphindi 40 zokha kuchokera ku Huntsville. Ngakhalenso okonda masewera a mphanga adzakupeza kukhala okondweretsa ndi oyenera kuyendera!
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