Recently, scientific journals Smithsonian (USA) announced a new list of 25 most attractive destinations 21st century, the cave Son Doong (Vietnam) ranked first in the list.
Located
in the national park of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, located in
Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh, Son Doong cave was
first discovered in 1991 by Ho Khanh - the locals. But it nearly 20 years later, this magnificent new cave was officially
discovered by the expedition of British Caving Association.Hang
Son Doong is formed about 2-5 million years ago before the river flows
through limestone areas were buried under a fault line, creating a large
in-ground tunnel under the mountains. In places where soft limestone, forming the ceiling collapsed holes, long into the huge cave dome. Hang nearly 9km, 200m higher (in some places up to 250 m) wide by about 200m. With its massive size, Son Doong cave became the largest natural cave in the world in this time.Inside the cave is a magnificent view of the system of stalactites, many of which are up to 70m high stone columns; about 2.5 km long underground river flowing through the grotto; a
great stay rainforest, in harmony with the blue light of the untouched
vegetation and many animals such as birds, snakes, squirrels, monkeys
... and countless rock thousands of years old round up of the class Air calcite crystals in dry sand, sparkling like jewels.Shortly
after the announcement by British Caving Association, Son Doong cave
has attracted the attention of many media outlets and the world famous
magazine. In 2011, BBC (UK) poll Son Doong cave is one of the world's most beautiful. The
New York Times ranked Son Doong cave in 8th place in the list of 52
sites have until 2014 ... In particular, last May, ABC (America) was
broadcast live taping of 2 hour introduction to Son Doong cave. Home
National Geographic also published on the official website a discovery
tour through the cave Son Doong 360 ° panoramic image. Guests around the world can explore Vietnam's Son Doong cave via computer, tablet, or a smartphone.In
addition to Son Doong cave, a new list of 25 most attractive
destinations of the 21st century Smithsonian includes: laboratory CERN
(Switzerland); spaceport America (USA); east African mountains; ALMA observatory (Chile); Mendenhall ice caves (US); rollercoaster Ferrari World (United Arab Emirates); Cayman Trench region (Caribbean); Museum of Islamic Art (Qatar); Restaurant Noma (Denmark); Havana (Cuba); parish church of Leicester (UK); Haifa (Israel); Territories Ross Dependency (New Zealand); Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple (India); John Muir road section (Scotland); Karakum desert (Turkmenistan); Mount Tianmen (China); Diablo Narizdel railway (Ecuador); Ellis Island Hospital (USA); Skyrise Tower Miami (US); Louvre Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates); Garden Bridge Garden Bridge (England); tower Kingdom Tower (Arabe Saudia); Grand Egyptian archaeological museum (Egypt).