Discover the psychedelic insides of an abandonned Russian salt mine where mind-bending patterns naturally cover every surface. It’s magical!
Hundreds of feet below a Russian city is an abandoned salt mine, which walls are covered with psychedelic patterns, caused by the natural layers of mineral carnallite creating swirls throughout the coloured rock.
Carnallite is used in the process of plant fertilisation, and is most often yellow to white or reddish, but can sometimes be blue or even completely colourless.
These psychedelic walls inside the abandoned salt mine in Yekaterinburg, Russia, are more than 650ft under the surface. Although the patterns appear man-made, they are all formed by layers upon layers of minerals which were mined for their use in fertilizers.
Although a small part of the mine is still in use, miles of tunnels now lay abandoned and are only accessible with a special government permit.
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Can you imagine? These mines are huge and stretch many kilometres in width and length. Single tunnels can measure over four miles long.
Yeah, I think it is hard to describe how it feels being so far down. You probably lose all track of time and the air must be very dry!
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