At 01:27 AM 7/21/2005, David Locklear wrote:
I was wondering which cave comes closest to the center of the earth.
This doesn't really answer your question, but I'm sure that the closest humans have ever been to the center of the earth, was diving in submersibles near the bottom of oceanic trenches. Either that or in a South African Diamond mine.
If I had to guess, I'd guess that the known "cave passage" closest to the center of the earth will turn out to be flooded with water and explored only by cave divers.
The Dead sea caves are indeed natural caves. In addition, Jerusalem itself is situated on solid limestone, and there are numerous natural caves and man made tunnels round about it. There is a small natural cave under the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, which I once entered -- well, twice actually, but the authorities didn't know about the other time -- no doubt to my great spiritual benefit.
Edward Sevcik University of Texas School of Information Austin, Texas
