I’ve been to the Nullarbor Plain and I can tell you there are no trees there which is the derivation of the name Null – as in no and Arbor as in trees. However, it is (was) a good place to look for meteorites as it is a flat featureless limestone plain. Any dark colored rock on the surface is a meteorite. Some very nice and old caves out there with very usual salt speleothems.
Geary From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] The Real Sanctum - tonight on National Geographic TV The trailers to the flick show the sotano in a rugged forested area. The Nullarbor Plain has few (if any) trees. Where is the verisimilitude in that? R Jan 27, 2011 12:08:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-real-sanctum-6322/Overview THU JAN 27 8P THU JAN 27 7P THU JAN 27 9P THU JAN 27 8P THU JAN 27 7P The Real Sanctum explores the back story of Producer/Writer and expedition leader Andrew Wight, who teams up with Hollywood director James Cameron to make a 3-D feature film of a cave diving expedition. Cameron's film is inspired by Wight's true story of near disaster when his expedition team became trapped in a cave system in the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-real-sanctum-6322/Overview#ixzz1CG9h35Cd --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
