learning about the caves🧠 / apriendiendo sobre las cuevas👨🎓👨🏫
Greetings, today I ventured into a system of caves in the mountain range of Aire e Candeeiros we are referring to the center of Portugal, something that caught my attention is that not only do you visit a cave with millions of years if you do not learn about how these are formed rocks, so my post is a review about this impressive tourist site and at the same time I will be explaining what I learned about the cave system, sit back and enjoy my post!👨🏫👨🎓
Saludos, hoy me aventure en un sistema de cuevas en la sierra montañosa de Aire e Candeeiros nos estamos refiriendonos al centro de Portugal, algo que llamo mi atencion es que no solo visitas una cueva con millones de años si no aprendes sobre como se forman estas rocas, asi que mi post es una reseña sobre este impresionante sitio turistico y al mismo tiempo estare explicando lo que aprendi sobre el sistema de cavernas, ponte comodo y disfruta de mi post!🚙🚩🧭
GRUTAS DE ALVADOS🌄⛲/CUEVAS DE ALVADOS🧠👨🏫
First of all I would like to explain a little about the site since if you decide to go sightseeing in Portugal I recommend you visit the cave to get a good learning! In this mountain range there are 4 important caves that, although they are not connected to each other, are all impressive and tell great stories! I visited 3/4, I only need to know the "Santo Antonio grotto", surely you will think that they all have the same characteristics and no! each cave has different types of minerals and of course different ecologies! I already went to a cave where there are no animals living inside! and this one does feature animals of various kinds, including insects and bats!😮😮
Primeramente me gustaria explicar un poco sobre el sitio ya que si decides hacer turismo en Portugal te recomiendo visitar la cueva para llevarte un buen aprendizaje! en esta sierra montañosa hay 4 importantes cuevas que aunque no estan conectadas entre si todas son impresionantes y cuentan grandes historias! yo visite 3/4 solo me falta conocer la "gruta santo antonio", seguramente pensaras que todas tienen las mismas caracteristicas y no! cada cueva tiene diferentes tipos de minerales y por supuesto ecologias distintas! ya fui a una cueva donde no existen ningun tipo de animales habitando dentro! y esta si presenta animales de varios tipos, incluyendo insectos y murcielagos!🐁🦐🐟🐜🦗🦇
Well as I mentioned before, the cave of Alvados and the cave of Santo Antonio are close to each other, they are separated by about 2.5 km and have very different characteristics and depths, the "Alvados caves" are located exactly in a protected natural park , this system of caves have a great historical and scientific value, they are composed of calcareous material! When we arrived in the area, the first thing that caught my attention was the beautiful landscape that this tourist site has, its vegetation is made up of bushes and small trees, there are many giant holes that are formed by the material that the mountain range is made of!🤯🤯
Bien como lo mencione anteriormente la cueva de alvados y la cueva de santo antonio estan proximas entre si, las separan unos 2,5km de distancia y tienen caracteristicas y profundidades muy diferentes, las "grutas de alvados" se encuentran exactamente en un parque natural protegido, este sistema de cuevas tienen un gran valor historico y cientifico, son compuesta de material calcareo! cuando llegamos a la zona lo primero que me llamo la atencion fue el hermoso paisaje que tiene este sitio turistico, su vegetacion es de arbustos y pequeños arboles, hay muchisimos huecos gigantes que se forman por el material del que esta compuesto la sierra!😬😬
When the mountains are made of calcareous material, it can happen that there are many stones suspended on the surface and we clearly see some mountains that constantly release rocks everywhere, rain is also a crucial factor for the formation of caves since it is basically what makes the erosion on mountain surfaces! pay 6 euros to be able to enter the cave, but you don't do it alone! It is a guided tour with an expert in the field who will clarify all your doubts! While we did the tour that lasted 30 minutes, we entered various depths until we reached almost 100 meters below the surface!🤔🤔
Cuando las montañas son de material calcareo puede ocurrir que hay muchas piedras suspendidas en la superficie y vemos claramente unas montañas que constantemente desprenden rocas por todos lados, la lluvia tambien es un factor crucial para las formaciones de cavernas ya que es basicamente lo que realiza la erosion en las superficies de las montañas! pague 6euros para poder entrar en la cueva, pero no lo haces solo! es una visita guiada con un experto en el campo que te aclarara todas tus dudas! mientras hicimos el recorrido que tuvo una duracion de 30,minutos entramos a varias profundidades hasta llegar a casi 100metros bajo la superficie!😮😕
HISTORY🌄⛲/HISTORIA🧠👨🏫
I loved the history of the cave because like all impressive things it was discovered by "chance", well this cave system was discovered in 1964 basically it was a recent discovery, near the area there was a small quarry company that extracted rocks from the area, a group of workers when they passed through a "hole" in the ground they were curious because when they threw a small stone it took a long time to reach the ground! In their free time, the four friends began to make small excursions and went down through the small hole that was on the surface until they discovered a large cave system!😏😶
Me encanto la historia de la cueva porque como todas las cosas impresionantes fue descubierta de "casualidad", bien este sistema de cuevas fue descubierto en 1964 basicamente fue una descubierta reciente, cerca del area existia una pequeña empresa cantera que extraia rocas de la zona, un grupo de trabajadores cuando pasaban por un "hueco" en el suelo sentian curiosidad porque cuando lanzaban una pequeña piedra demoraba mucho tiempo en llegar al suelo! en su tiempo libre los cuatro amigos comenzaron a realizar pequeñas excursiones y bajaban por el pequeño hueco que estaba en la superficie hasta descubrir un gran sistema de cuevas!🤔😮
A short time later in 1973 the caves were opened to the public, but there was a problem the cave was divided into 2 tunnels and people could not access through the "original entrance" because it was a 60 meter drop, so a tunnel was opened that will connect the entire cave, among the natural objects to learn within this cave are the stalactites, stalagmites, underground lagoons, also small "oolitic" formations, not to mention the biodiversity that exists within this cave system!🤯😱🤓🤓
Poco tiempo despues en 1973 las cuevas fueron abiertas para el publico, pero habia un problema la cueva estaba dividida en 2 tuneles y las personas no podian acceder por la "entrada original" porque era una caida de 60metros, por lo que se abrio un tunel que conectara toda la cueva, entre los objetos naturales para aprender dentro de esta cueva resaltan las estalactitas, estalagmitas, lagunas subterraneas, tambien pequeñas formaciones "ooliticas", sin mencionar la biodiversidad que hay dentro de este sistema de cuevas!👨🎓👨🏫
This is an "underground world" because everything here can be many more years old than any inorganic form outside, we can find rocky structures that are up to 20,000 years old, also not any living being can inhabit an area where the electricity does not exist and food is very limited! That's why insects have adaptations to live without using their sense of vision!😬🤯👨🎓
Este es un "mundo subterraneo" porque todo lo que hay aqui puede tener muchos mas años de antiguedad que cualquier forma inorganica en el exterior, podemos encontrarnos con estructuras rocosas que tienen hasta 20mil años, ademas no cualquier ser vivo puede habitar una zona donde la luz no existe y los alimentos son muy limitados! por eso los insectos tienen adaptaciones para vivir sin usar su sentido de vision!👨🏫👨🏫
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAVE🌄⛲/CARACTERISTICA DE LA CUEVA🧠👨🏫
This beautiful and surprising system of caves has an area of more than 400 meters that you can visit, the length between its compartments is 40 meters and it has a height of almost 100 meters, the ventilation system is constant so the cave always has small currents of air, in addition its temperature is also constant and is around 16 to 18 degrees! when we walk through the narrow corridors we are taking a leap in time of more than 50 thousand years special lighting systems were placed to highlight the natural colors of the minerals!🤩🤩
Este hermoso y sorprendente sistema de cuevas tienen una superficie de mas de 400metros que puedes visitar, la largura que hay entre sus compartimientos es de 40 metros y tiene una altura de casi 100metros, el sistema de ventilacion es constante por lo que la cueva siempre presenta pequeñas corrientes de aires, ademas su temperatura tambien es constante y ronda los 16 a 18 grados! cuando caminamos entre los estrechos pasillos estamos dando un salto en el tiempo de mas de 50mil años se colocaron sistemas de iluminacion especiales para resaltar los colores naturales de los minerales!😱💥💥💦
You cannot think that this cave system is monotonous because it is made up of a varied system of cameras that are connected to each other, I also had the privilege of photographing a small lake that is so deep that you cannot see the bottom and was formed by the erosion of drops of water for thousands of years, our guide told us that it is normal for rocks to be given "names" in caves because for years our imagination inspired us to look for certain "similarities" of rocks with common objects !🤔😏
No puedes pensar que este sistema de cuevas es monotono porque esta compuesto por un variado sistema de camaras que se conectan una con otra, ademas tuve el privilegio de fotografiar un pequeño lago que es tan profundo que no se puede ver el fondo y se formo por la erosion de gotas de agua por miles de años, nuestro guia nos comentaba que es normal que en las cuevas a las rocas se les coloquen "nombres" porque durante años nuestra imaginacion nos inspiro para buscar ciertos "parecidos" de las rocas con objetos comunes!😁😁
HOW A CAVE IS FORMED🌄⛲/COMO SE FORMA UNA CUEVA🧠👨🏫
We could define a cave as a system of cavities that are created by certain erosion produced by water! but not only the natural element "water" can create a cave system, it can also be done by ice or lava from a volcano, a cave can also be formed by the interaction of several factors already mentioned! the normal thing is to see a cave that is formed by the "acid" erosion of the water that makes contact with rocks of "limestone" material.😏😏
Podriamos definir una cueva como un sistema de cavidades que se crean por cierta erosion que produce el agua! pero no solo el elemento natural "agua" puede crear sistema de cavernas, tambien lo puede hacer el hielo o la lava de un volcan, tambien una cueva puede formarse por la interaccion de varios factores ya mencionados! lo normal es ver una cueva que se forma por la erosion "acida" del agua que hace contacto con rocas de material "caliza". 😯😯
I could not finish this post without explaining what a stalactite is, it is actually a rock formation that usually forms on the "roof" of caves, they have a thin and pointed elongated appearance, so that a stalactite forms in a cave the water it has to drip from the roof and in its path it leaves behind small carbonate particles. This happens because the water is a bit acidic and "erodes" the rock.😍😍
No podria terminar este post sin explicar que es una estalactita, en realidad es una formacion rocosa que se forma habitualmente en el "techo" de las cuevas, tienen una apariencia alargada fina y puntiaguda, para que una estalactita se forme en una cueva el agua tiene que gotear del techo y en su paso va dejando pequeñas particulas de carbonato esto ocurre porque el agua es un poco acida y "erosiona" la roca.💙💥💦💨
We can find colors in the stones that are due to minerals, for example this rock is green but it is because it contains moss! And you wonder how moss grows in a place where there is no light? actually although there is no natural light, artificial light is enough for plants to grow! I saw some spiders, and if there are spiders be sure that there are many insects to wander around inside the cave!💥🍀🍀
Podemos encontrarnos colores en las piedras que se deben a los minerales, por ejemplo esta roca es verde pero es porque contiene musgo! y te preguntaras como crece el musgo en un sitio donde no hay luz? en realidad aunque no hay luz natural, la luz artificial es suficiente para que crezcan las plantas! yo vi algunas arañas, y si hay arañas ten seguridad que hay muchos insectos a pasear dentro de la cueva!⛏⛏💡💡
Now let's explain what a stalagmite is, we could also define it as a calcareous formation with characteristics very similar to stalagmites but instead of growing on the ceiling of the cave it grows on the ground by the same water erosion system, here the water hits the soil with small dissolved minerals and when they reach the ground they accumulate forming a fine and elongated "mound"!🤯🤯😱
Ahora expliquemos que es una estalagmita, tambien podriamos definirla como una formacion calcarea con caracteristicas muy similares a las estalacmitas pero estas en vez de crecer en el techo de la cueva crece en el suelo por el mismo sistema de erosion del agua, aqui el agua golpea el suelo con pequeños minerales disueltos y al llegar al suelo se van acumulando formando un "monticulo" fino y alargado!🧠🧠
If you look carefully at the last photo, in the distance there is a surface on the ceiling of the cave, this was exactly where the 4 friends entered the cave for the first time, there is a height of 80 meters and if we look down we see remains of animal bones, this means that accidentally many animals over the years fell through the tunnels of the caves and died down here!😯😯
Si observas con atencion la ultima foto vez que a lo lejos hay una superficie en el techo de la cueva aqui fue exactamente donde los 4 amigos entraron por primera vez a descubrir la cueva, hay una altura de 80 metros y si observamos hacia abajo vemos restos de huesos de animales, esto quiere decir que accidentalmente muchos animales con el pasar de años caian por los tuneles de las cuevas y morian aqui abajo!🤯😅
Many people worked to excavate the Alvados cave, and this excavation lasted approximately two years, according to scientists this information is very important to know the age of a stalactite or stalagmite, it takes almost 5000 years for the rock to grow about 2.5cm! What if I told you that in the cave there is a stalactite with a size of 15 meters? how old are you? AMAZING, RIGHT...💥💦
Muchisimas personas trabajaron para excavar la cueva de alvados, y esta excavacion tuvo una duracion de aproximadamente dos años, segun los cientificos este dato es muy importante para conocer la edad de una estalactita o estalagmita, se necesitan casi 5000 años para que la roca crezca unos 2,5cm! y si te digo que en la cueva hay una estalactita con 15metros de tamaño? cuantos años tiene? INCREIBLE NO...❗🛑
The experts who studied this cave system believe that its formation dates back to the Jurassic, that is, when the dinosaurs ruled the earth and caves like these existed, this last photo is impressive because we can see all the types of rock formations that occur in the cave, If you pay attention there are stalactites of different colors and this is due to the minerals that compose them!💥💥
Los expertos que estudiaron este sistema de cuevas creen que su formacion remonta en el Jurasico osea cuando los dinosaurios dominaban la tierra ya cuevas como estas existian, esta ultima foto es impresionante porque podemos ver todos los tipos de formaciones de rocas que ocurren en la cueva, si prestas atencion hay estalactitas de diferentes colores y esto se debe a los minerales que las componen!😮🦖🦕🌍💥
HOW THESE ROCKS LOOK INSIDE🌄⛲/ESTRUCTURA INTERNA DE LAS ROCAS🧠👨🏫
I was forbidden to use a flash in the cave and to carry a tripod so it was very difficult to take good photos, but more or less this is what a stalactite or stalagmite looks like if it were cut in half!
Tenia prohibido usar flash en la cueva y llevar tripode asi que era muy dificil tomar buenas fotos, pero mas o menos asi luce una estalactita o estalagmita si fuera cortada por la mitad!
It was a fantastic experience to be able to enter this cave system here and learn a lot about this mysterious and very old world about which little is investigated! It was a great investment to have chosen this site to create a post and learn together! I advise you if you ever enter places like this do not touch anything, it would be very bad to break some small stalactite formation, basically in an instant you destroy thousands of years of formation!💥💥
Fue una experiencia fantastica poder entrar aqui en este sistema de cavernas y aprender mucho sobre este mundo misterioso y muy antiguo del cual poco se investiga! fue una gran inversion haber escogido este sitio para crear un post y aprender juntos! te aconsejo si alguna vez entras en sitios como este no toques nada, seria muy mal romper alguna pequeña formacion de estalactita, basicamente en un instante destruyes miles de años de formacion!⛔🛑
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I love the formation of the caves. Nature always surprises us.
Very lovly place ❤️ Mind-blowing content... Hilarious explanations... Nice and detailed photography with relatable supporting images..... This is perfect!!