Iidumbu zeCathhedral zazibizwa ngokuba yiCats Bats. UYakobi (Jay) uGurley wathenga umqolomba ngo-1955 waza wawuvula uluntu. Xa wathatha umfazi wakhe emqolombeni okokuqala, wahlaselwa ngumhle wendawo enkulu enkulu kunye nawo onke ama-stalagmites kunye ne-stalactites kwaye wathi kwakubonakala ngathi "yindwendwe." UGurley ngokuhlakanipha wayitshintsha igama lomqolomba ngelo xesha kwaye sele yaziwa kusukela ngelo xesha njengeCathralral Caverns, nangona ishintshi izandla kaninzi.
Iidumbu zeCathhedral zaba yipaki yelizwe ngo-1987. Iquka iihektare eziyi-461 zomhlaba kufuphi neGrant, Alabama. I-Caverns yavulwa kwakhona kuluntu ngo-Agasti 2000.
Umqolomba ngoku unomzila ovulekileyo okhanyisiweyo ongama-10 enyawo ngaphezu kwendlela yokuqala. Ukuhamba kuyimitha engaphezu kweeyure ukuya kohambo olujikelezayo kwaye kuthatha iyure nemizuzu eyi-15. Ndafumana ezinye zeenduli ezinzima kodwa zingenakwenzeka. Ukuhamba ngaphantsi kweentlambo kwakunzima ngaphezu kwe-UP! Ukuba ungumgangatho wempilo, ukuhamba akufanele kube yingxaki. Kwakhona kufinyeleleka ngevili.
Izikhokelo kunye nabasebenzi bepaki banobungane kwaye bafundisa. U-Eric Dobbins wayengumkhokeli wethu kwaye wanikela ngolwazi oluxabisekileyo malunga nembali yomqolomba, iinkcukacha zenkalo emqolombeni eyayingabonakaliyo, kunye nokukhusela komkhumbi.
ICathedral Caverns Specs
Iidumbu zeCathhedral ziphethe iingxelo zehlabathi ezintandathu:
- Iidumbu zeCathhedral zinomnyango omkhulu kunazo nayiphi na umhume wokuthengisa ehlabathini. Ingama-25 ubude ubude kunye nobubanzi obuikubhite ezili-128.
- I-Cathedral Caverns ikhaya "iGoliyati" -iyona nto inkulu kwi-stalagmite ehlabathini. Ilinganisa iimitha ezingama-45 ubude kunye neenyawo ezingama-243 kwiimeko.
- Iidumbu zeCathhedral zineodonga olukhulu lwamatye, elinamamitha angama-32 ubude kunye neekhilomitha ezili-135 ubude.
- I-Cathedral Caverns yaziwa ngokuba yinkomo enkulu kunazo zonke.
- Iidumbu zeCathhedral zinehlathi elikhulu le-stalagmite nayiphi na umhume emhlabeni.
- Iidumbu zeCathhedral zinobuninzi obungenakwenzekayo kwihlabathi eliyi-stalagmite elinamamitha amathathu ubude kunye no-3 intshi ububanzi!
Iidumbu zeCathhedral nazo zinekamelo leCristal elingavulelekanga kuluntu. Iifom yokwenziwa kwe-white calcite kwaye i-vibrations ephuma ngelizwi lomntu iza kuphazamisa ngaphezu kwe-70 ekhulwini yee-formations. Iidumbu zeCathhedral zineGumbi Elikhulu, eliyii-792 ubude kwaye liyi-200 ububanzi.
Oku kuyimbonakalo emangalisayo kwimvelo kunye nemzuzu emfutshane engama-40 ukusuka eHuntsville. Nangona abathandi be-cave abathandayo baya kuyifumana umdla kwaye banelungelo lokutyelela!
Qiniseka ukuba uhlolisise iwebhusayithi kwiiyure zokuvula kunye nexabiso.