Comments on: Gigantic Mexican Megacrystals Created by Climate Change

By: Erickfer Salas

Erickfer Salas — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:57:02 +0000

Cycleogical: It’s not a hoax. scientist had to put oxygen masks and wear protective coats to go in and explore before some water pump project (i believe) flooded the crystal caves, watch the NatGeo’s documentary on it.

This is truly remarkable!!!! they were discovered around 2000 i believe and documented just last year.

By: owain roberts

owain roberts — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:14:55 +0000

So is this where Superman is hiding these days?

By: marcmonbo

marcmonbo — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:04:10 +0000

This is a rather faulty explanation of how these crystals were made. Gypsum is an evaporite mineral, meaning that the crystal is the build-up that is left over from evaporated mineral-rich water. The reason these crystals grew so large is because the temperature in the cave remained relatively constant for a long period of time, causing the calcium-rich water to evaporate and deposit new crystalline material without interruption for as long as it took them to reach such a massive size.

“Water trapped inside the crystals?” The crystals wouldn’t be crystals if water were trapped inside. “Shifts in climate?” This cave was closed off and is close to 1,000 feet underground, well outside of the influence of atmospheric climate. The heat source that warmed the cave is geothermal in nature and has nothing to do with climate shifts. I agree that these crystals show off the unthinkably beautiful designs the Earth creates on its own, but the author should take a geology class or two before blindly attributing all natural phenomena to climate change.

By: iasotsftlt

iasotsftlt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:03:01 +0000

No David Wayne, the INCAS knew nothing of these cristals because the Incas are from Peru. That is in South America. The cristals were found in caves un the Chiuahuan desert in northern Mexico. The discovery of this cristals was reported in the National geografic magazine 1 or 2 years ago. I may be wrong but I recall the article saying that the cave was sealed after the report was made.
Just 2 things…
David please get a map.
If this cristals took 200,000 years to form it was not our involment in climate change that made them. Lets not take credit for what Mother Nature made by her self.

By: manny

manny — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:56:17 +0000

these crystals are amazing……climate change has its upsides!

By: davidwayneosedach

davidwayneosedach — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:58:18 +0000

What fabulous crystals! They are as remarkable as the pyramids. I wonder if the Incas knew anything about them?

By: cycleogical

cycleogical — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:49:56 +0000

Photoshop…..no scientist would walk on these things. Looks like a hoax to me. I bet those Global Warming Doubters released these pictures. Later they “discover” them as a hoax and point to them as proof of the wacky science that liberal scientists invent to support their views. Maybe i’m just paranoid but I need more info before believing these exist. I know I could make these images in Photoshop. Why does one picture have a fat dude in a T-shirt groping them and the other looks like space paratroopers in matching suits. Very fishy.

By: KarjaCH

KarjaCH — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:21:16 +0000

And now that these crystals have been found and walked all over, their 200,000 year formation is at an end.

By: KarjaCH

KarjaCH — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:20:14 +0000

And, now that these crystals have been found and walked all over, their 200,000 year formation is at an end.

By: olivia dunham

olivia dunham — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:26:50 +0000

That’s some crazy looking crystals!