An expedition in 2008 recently mapped the Xe Bang Fai River cave in central Laos. Likened to "an underground K2" by explorer John Pollack, the enormity and scale of the cave dwarfs most others on Earth (so far). I look forward to hopefully seeing the photos in my NG when it arrives.
We cover a lot of architecture on our site. But looking at the photos of the cave, I am reminded of how the hands of man cannot create a built environment as grand and awe-inspiring as this. Something that started as an underground trickle, over countless years, became a humbling reminder of the power and patience of the natural world.
photographs by Dave Bunnell
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