Explore the massive Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam, featuring its own jungle, river, and even its own climate.
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00:00Hang Son Dong, located in central Vietnam, is indeed the world's largest cave by volume.
00:10It was first discovered in 1990 by a local man named Ho Can, and later explored and documented
00:16by a British caving team, led by Howard Limbert in 2009.
00:20height up to 150 meters 492 feet high length approximately 6.5 kilometers for miles long
00:29width up to 200 meters 656 feet wide volume 38.5 million cubic meters 1.36 billion cubic
00:39feet clouds form inside the cave and it has its own microclimate a lush tropical jungle
00:45grows inside the cave with trees up to 30 meters 100 feet tall the Rao Phong River flows
00:52through the cave the cave features stunning formations including towering stalactites
00:56and stalamites