Vietnam's mammoth hidden kingdom reckoned eighth wonder
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World's eighth wonder: Vietnam's mammoth hidden kingdom
(Web Desk) - The "Eighth Wonder of the World," a stunning subterranean kingdom located beneath a mountain cleft in central Vietnam, has been revealed by a spectacular discovery.
Son Doong, which translates to "mountain river cave," is the name of the enormous cave that is thought to be the world's longest cave corridor.
Son Doong is mesmerising due to its remarkable beauty, which includes its own weather system, a rainforest, several lakes, and peaks that rise more than 200 metres, which is equal to the height of skyscrapers in New York City.
After being discovered by a local farmer in 1991, the cave's amazing magnificence, which is thought to be between two and five million years old, was first formally explored in 2009.
Son Doong, which is part of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province, has captured the interest of both adventurers and explorers.
Fewer people than those who have scaled Mount Everest have ventured into its depths, making it a largely unknown wonder.
A cable car into the cave was previously planned, but environmentalists and locals opposed the idea due to worries about the harm that mass tourism would cause to the area's vulnerable ecosystem.
In the recently released documentary "A Crack in the Mountain," viewers get a closer look at Son Doong and the community's defence of it.
The movie examines the difficulties Vietnam is currently facing as it tries to reconcile economic progress with environmental sustainability.
Director Alastair Evans explores this pivotal conflict that has reverberations across the world, particularly in fast rising countries like Vietnam.
The magnificent splendour of this undiscovered jewel may now be seen by a larger audience thanks to this award-winning documentary, which also highlights the need of maintaining Son Doong's natural integrity.
