Underground Spaces

My friend e-mailed me today with an article about a proposed new underground park for New York City. The images are pretty spectacular  on their own, but the real reason she sent it to me is that the majority of "The Spindlers" takes place in a crazy topsy-turvy underground world. I started wondering about real-life underground spaces. What was out there? What kinds of things are hidden below the surface? Turns out... some pretty amazing stuff! Some of them are man made, some are totally natural, but they all have a strange other-worldly feeling about them. Check out what I found, and let me know if I missed anything!


First, the Proposals for the New York City "Low Line"

 

 

This is the Stockholm Subway... kind of creepy huh?

Never mind... THIS is creepy. The Paris Catacombs

This is a picture of the Crystal Caves in Mexico. 

This is the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, in Cundinamarca, Colombia. The entire room there is carved out of Salt!

The Lava Tube Cave in Tulelake, California. I think it looks like it's leading to fairy land.

The Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China. I think this one looks like an Alien Planet.