This black part is caused by people who touched this rock before they make a rule that forbids touch any thing inside the cave.
This green part is caused by fungus that proliferate at the artificial light.
The Maquine’s Cave is a place that means a lot to me. There my aunt and uncle gave their first kiss. And today they are a family with two beautiful daughters and an awesome history.
But I didn’t know that I would fall in love with these rocks formed by the water infiltrated for decades. The city is far from the capital but tottaly worth the trip.
Here in Brazil we say that “água mole em pedra dura tanto bate até que fura”. The translation is something like “soft water hits a hard rock till open a hole on it”, and it means you can have results with persistence. But in this case we don’t see holes, but beautiful sculptures instead. I think it means that sometimes your persistence can bring results bigger and more awesome than you expected.
This cave has 650 metters of extension and 18 metters of deepness. It was discovered in 1825 by a farm called Joaquim Maria do Maquiné. People say that he always missed some cows and when he analysed what was happening, he found out they were entering the cave and getting lost inside of it. In 1834 Peter Lund (danish naturalist) start to study and found there a lot of fossils, like Giant Sloth. I recommend this trip!
