Comunidad Autonoma de Canarias

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Los Jameos del Agua

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs

Known as a jameo, it is a geographic feature similar to a sink hole and is caused when a lava tube (an underground tunnel created by flowing magma) ceiling collapses in on itself, or as in this... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by taylorstevens, Dylan and others

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