4) Because carbide lighting is still superior in terms of visual appeal to the
human eye
and,
5) in terms of lighting floor (tripping) hazards in a manner that does not wash
out their three-dimensionality.
Europeans still love those ceiling-burners!
Roger G. Moore
-----Original Message-----
From: Diana Tomchick <[email protected]>
To: Andy Edwards <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]> <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:51 pm
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)
1) Because they wanted the carbide lamps for the nice lighting effects in the
photos,
2) Because carbide is cheaper in Europe and easier to obtain than in America
(no
post 9/11 hangups),
3) Because caves in the Alps are a whole lot colder than caves in Texas, and a
carbide lamp is a potential heat source in an emergency.
Diana
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On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Andy Edwards wrote:
> So weird, that's some serious gear conformity going on there :)
>
> Seriously, why do they all have those ridiculous lamps, even the guy who has
> a
Scurion?
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Am I crazy, or are these carbide lamps connected to a tube?
>
> I like the opening foto that shows someone with the most high tech lamp out
next to a person using carbide for the same trip. The rest of the fotos show
that everyone used carbide, with back up lights. Beautiful cave bacon foto lit
by carbide.
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/schweizer-hoelloch-kaesefondue-beim-hoehlenbiwak-fotostrecke-65805.html
>
> julia
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dirtdoc <[email protected]>
> To: Cave NM <[email protected]>; Cave Texas <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2012 6:55 pm
> Subject: [Texascavers] Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)
>
> Here are some interesting articles that appeared in Spiegel, a German weekly.
>
> Even if you don't read German, the Images tell most of it.
>
> DirtDoc.
>
> Fotostrecke: Verborgene Märchenwelt
> http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-86423.html
>
> Blätterhöhle in Westfalen: Abstieg ins Totenreich der Steinzeit
> http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,845863,00.html
>
> Höhlentour in der Schweiz: Abstieg ins Höllenloch
> http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,749602,00.html
>
> Frankreich: Eingeschlossene Höhlenforscher wieder in Sicherheit
> http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,669137,00.html
>
> GRAF-SEISMO-KOLUMNE AUF SPIEGEL ONLINE: RÄTSEL DER ERDE
> http://www.spiegel.de/thema/graf_seismo/
>
> ZWISCHEN HIMMEL UND ERDE - NEUES AUS DER GEOFORSCHUNG
> http://www.spiegel.de/thema/zwischen_himmel_und_erde/
>
>
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