My name is Ezra-David Darnell. I'm creating this blog out of my wild infatuation of one of the worlds most fascinating natural marvals... the crystal cave of Naica, Mexico. 980 feet below the arid desert surface of the Chihuahan desert exists a wonder of natural creation.  Monolithic selenite crystals (mainly gypsum) cris-cross and protrude the cavern walls. The cave is extreme in other ways as well. It reaches a temperature of upwards of 136 degrees Farenheit. Due to this, the crystal cave is reletively and to some, frustratingly unexplored. Without proper protection humans can only endure approximately 10 minutes of the intense exposure at one time.

 I selected this specific location and topic because I am very musch intrigued in the unknown as well as about crystal formations and their relevance to ancient civilizations and certain 'alternative archeological' views of what their powers might posses, whether healing or technological. Researching how they were formed in such a dry and hot geological lanscape in very interesting to me as wll. I'm very excited to research these caves and explore my mind of their significance to our beautiful and magestic planet.