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This 30-million-year-old cave in New Zealand has a beautiful phenomenon that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world
This 30-million-year-old cave in New Zealand has a beautiful phenomenon that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world
Erin BrodwinNov 7, 2016, 20:29 IST
Joe Michael
Deep underground in New Zealand's North Island, a winding underground universe of limestone caves glow with a magical blue-green light. While it might seem like pure fantasy, these caves are very real. Their dark interior is brought to life by twinkling colonies of glow worms, or arachnocampa luminosa.
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Auckland photographer Joseph Michael documented the sparkling caves by spending countless hours in the frigid underworld of the caves, which experts estimate dates back some 30 million years.
