The Cave of the Crystals is not 70 m in diameter. It is more like 20
meters in diameter. See the map in AMCS Activities Newsletter 30. The
original publication of that map in the Italian national caving
magazine and the reprint of the map in the NSS News both had the wrong
scale on the map. I noticed the problem, because the scale was
inconsistent with statements in the text. (Some editors are more fussy
than others.) So far as I know, the only published detailed map with
the correct scale is in the AMCS. Nevertheless, even the erroneous
scale didn't make the room anywhere near 70 meters in diameter.
The Italian La Venta group has exclusive rights to study the cave,
I think, and a thing called SpeleoResearch & Films on Mexico City has
exclusive media rights. My impression is that SpeleoResearch & Films
is just a Mexican front for the Italians. While numerous photos from
various sources keep turning up, it is by no means "open to the
public." -- Bill Mixon
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