I was along as a "safety diver" with a well-known cave scientist, actually a respected Texas biologist, actually Texas A&M's own Tom Iliffe, several years back on a trip to the Atlantic Island of Lanzarotte in the Canary Islands. The cave he was sampling in is a huge lava tube that plunges from a volcano in the middle of the island down to the coast and then under the seabed. Before the tube encounters the coast the government established a unique national park called the Jameos del Agua, encompassing three major sinkholes. One was the entrance to a part of the tube used as a concert hall, one was whitewashed and embellished by a famous local artist, and the one closest to the sea was the entrance to a large nightclub-restaurant. The last two were of course connected by the lava tube, and this passage was home to a very rare shrimp. People could pass through the tunnel on a walkway, leaving the heat and glare of the outside for the cool semi-twilight of the cave. Signs in several languages begged tourists not to throw coins into the water, but can guess what the result of that was.
The first time I went in there something about the place was suddenly strange but familiar. It took several minutes to realize that the cave had a soundtrack, and that was the familiar part. The music itself is strange... "Ambient One: Music For Airports" by Brian Eno. Very cool! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
