Vietnam's Infinite Cave | National Geographic

Veteran photographer and National Geographic grantee Carsten Peter is also an accomplished climber, diver and caver who has photographed some of the world's most extreme environments. Here he shares stories and images from a cave system in Vietnam that may be the world's largest.
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[@OneMyracle]

This is incredibly wonderful.. Carsten Peter, the extreme situation photographer, I can't help but admire you . You have shown us crystal caves and volcanoes that no one had ever hoped to ever get a glimpse of before.

[@CipherMagi]

Hope to see this in true 1080P HD in the future, but this is good enough! :))

[@ss87935]

Okay, I was able to email Carsten. In case anyone else wondered, the word he uses is Phytokarst.

[@thecreaturewalks]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you as always National Geographic!

[@bethrains3105]

Thank you for sharing that journey.

[@owlbear1]

Thank you for sharing. I am in awe of what you have seen!

[@Vicvines]

THANK YOU for putting your stuff on KZbin!!!

[@hoangnguyen177]

Thank you Carsten Peter for your wonderful exploration and images. I am from Vietnam, but after watching this clip, I was like " really ? is this my Vietnam ? ". I think I take my country for granted, and do not bother exploring my own country. I have been to few beautiful places around the world, but non of it could be compared to this one. I guess I need to do things that many foreigners come to Vietnam for: exploring it.

[@MrFraneque]

Crazy, man. U're really a fortunate and lucky person, been able to feel that. Just infinite thanks to show me the sensations you experienced there in. I love lighting and the ambience of the shots. I hope to get there once, but your stills may be enough for one life. Caves here are not such big chambers... Keep on going!

[@massimodimarzio]

Absolutely amazing footage!

[@Donnerbalken_]

breathtaking and unbelievable.

[@pham155]

This vid makes me feel proud of my country.Thank you!

[@ametrine7]

Beautiful! thank you for sharing :o)

[@711Glider]

simply beyond words.....

[@jamesthomas1244]

It was a joy to share in Carsten Peter's enthusiasm.

[@anotherrandomperson1]

Beautiful, awesome...wish I had been part of that expedition! defo. would love to see more.

[@sambala4444]

Great job done....NG and Carsten. Thanks for bringing this magnificent cave to all of us. So far so good, You and your team hold the record ! Just cross finger and hope that none will break yours ... ;) Cheers, Btw, honestly , GREAT shots you have made once in a lifetime rarely you get a chance to go through such experiences .. i am a bit jealous :) ;)

[@missreggae1luv]

Incredibly amazing, the mystery of nature.

[@kaynie143]

this is awesome.. :)

[@music8fun]

this is ridiculuosly beautiful!

[@ElianeHansen]

Fantastic congratulations !

[@ayushsaurabh]

Simply WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ominousmaximus]

Oddly my fascination with a world inside the earth led to me writing a book. This only furthers my fascination. Wow.

[@Idtelos]

man... what a badass job.

[@organicsuperman]

Amazing scale !!

[@danielranger1000]

wow im amazed

[@msaqlain]

at 360p this is the most amazing video 've seen all my life!

[@MiChiamanoMarz]

What an amazing place

[@Danhtran1122]

Amazing place, amazing discover, like from difference planet, untouched by human in million years, hope it will be open for tourist in the future.

[@honey4xi]

It's amazing the cave that's so big in the underworld.

[@cyaninternetdog]

Havnt got the words to describe this, enjoyed immensely though.

[@NintendoG8mer]

omg this cave is awesome. I'd really like to explore it myself. Hopefully there'll be more videos about the inner parts of this cave.

[@lavaling]

great screen savers

[@ss87935]

The first time it's mentioned, and he describes it, is at 13:40

[@Patejlik]

Great lecture. Does someone know name of the song starting at 0:29?

[@ucduong3161]

OMG. This is cave in VietNam which is biggest in the world. I'm so proud of it because I'm Vietnamese.

[@SpiritualReform]

The most beautiful, magical place on Earth, i'd say. And this is how our Earth would look like if we didn't mess it up so much.

[@Ichi.Capeta]

a hidden away world that i always dream of.

[@PITOPOLO]

Hopi bunita pabien from Curacao!

[@FarkwityMcdingleberr]

I play Minecraft, but I was exploring and photographing abandoned mines long before I installed it. Just because You do one, it does not mean the other is automatically excuded.

[@lildeen27]

I wanna go there

[@NationalGeoLive]

Carsten was recently named Nat Geo's "Photographers' Photographer".

[@iyuki]

what the hell is with the 1st 2nd 3rd.. watch the video. its amazing... =)

[@doududu]

I want to go to there.

[@Goig3D]

The fitocasts (that's the right spelling?) look like land corals, amazing.

[@avoicefromthedeepundergrou7108]

when he says its a flying reptile the audience laughs and then he says oh its an owl...and it was incredible to witness it...his gut feeling seems to be that he witnessed a flying reptile in that cave....like in the days of old there were dragons and sheeeeeeiit....guess what? they're still here....or are they?

[@danielranger1000]

this adds credibility to the theory

[@matthewdakin]

Fantastic cave and impressive photos of a challenging lighting environment. But I don't understand why in this video NG presents the cave as their 'discovery'. Why is there no mention of the Vietnamese knowledge and history about these caves?

[@ung427]

Wow! You should take seeds for some nice houseplants that don't need too much light! Those living rock formations must be the oldest beings!

[@tomfilms]

A little deeper and they'll find Arnie Sakknassum! This has Jules Verne written all over it

[@bircruz555]

One owesome place! Unfortunately, the underworld is not visitor friendly. It is dark, slippery, and jerky, among other things. Do not worry about tourists: they do not do caves. They are for explorers and intrepid adventurers. Curious though, any pythons in these caves?

[@LGraphicsMedia]

@dagoogler01 16:37 glowstone XD

[@ss87935]

I cannot make out one word he is saying. It sounds like "vital costs". An example is at 17:05. Does anyone know?

[@zcuzcu]

we don't need books to learn today, WE GOT THIS :D

[@bobbysbackingtracks]

My synapses are toast.

[@jesser5127]

15:24 Looks like a dinosaur head (T-Rex or Velociraptor?) with eyes. lol

[@enemay]

what does he mean by discovered, he said the cave was discovered in 2009? does that mean the nearest town did not know about this cave for hundreds of years?

[@Alaryicjude]

It's like Nausicaa is happening right now. Only without the Ohmu...

[@fsmaior]

Man, you said everything...It's nice to see I'm not the only one who deeply loves Nausicaa's world!

[@Alaryicjude]

Felipe Souto Maior Totally! *high fives!*

[@bruzote]

It's unfortunate that beautiful sites get spoiled. However, one should not blame tourists for development. If the locals want to earn money by catering to tourists, who are the outsiders to complain? If one is concerned, pay them money to not build.

[@ndbd9drn]

I was actually thinking about the same thing. Don't get why your comment's received so many thumb-downs.

[@wavsunlimited]

I was right! ROCKS ARE ALIVE muahahahahah!!!

[@avoicefromthedeepundergrou7108]

Listen closely at 23:25

[@avoicefromthedeepundergrou7108]

23:18

[@mightyburee]

i expected a video documentary..but this was ok.

[@chasemeridian82]

A tradução das legendas para o português está uma verdadeira porcaria. Fora isso, as fotos estão maravilhosas. Essa caverna parecem muito com aquelas que vimos nas telas do cinema, só que num parêmetro ainda melhor...parabéns a Carsten Peter...estão divinas!!!

[@MrDivagation]

You're right, but you can be polite too :)

[@shaunphill]

1 year ago today

[@thatcatnibz]

hah, great video

[@zoltanlukatsovics5845]

Miért nem Full HD?

[@13BlueCrimson]

What are these people doing in my garden?

[@hoangthuoc95]

This is "Son Đoong" cave. I'm live in Viet Nam

[@dayd315]

man! with some real dinosaur or giant ancient animal that would be way more awesome

[@simonsays163]

hopefully no one will find the caves and vandalize it.

[@philyB08]

@naierer It must have been due to my mispelling on the last letter of the first word. People can be very fickle, my hands are too big for my touchscreen.

[@IdIaImIeIoInI]

Real reason for vietnam war?

[@Rockerrobin]

@DeeTroll its odd I see people say that all the time Godlikeproductions brought me

[@bluelink8]

in 00:11 wtf is that?

[@dagoogler01]

its like a real life minecraft

[@darkfeelik]

that where monster live lol

[@Nr1JuiceNr1]

Hollow Earth here i come

[@trooper258]

The Vietnamese used these tunnels to hide from Americans during the war.

[@SirGlueckert]

This made me want to play some minecraft.

[@fekyocouch]

can anyone say.... the cave? freaky ass movie. watchin this makes me wonder.... lol

[@ktlaxplayer27]

umadbro?

[@TrashCanDrum]

@illidian11 Didn't realize I was a racist by enjoying this National Geographic film.

[@socialreject2156]

i will visit that place may be i can find a fairy :D orrrrr .... may be a moster D:

[@ac130pan]

I bet most of this was from the Vietnam war...

[@Ink_25]

me, too... let's see in how many weeks NatGeo brings a documentary about how much rubbish is around there D:

[@krideri2]

What??

[@mizukokatajii]

someone hack youtube so i can like this ten more times.

[@hpribot]

This guy talking is all good and well, but I came to see a video on the cave. I could have read his paper at another time.

[@AqualohA]

Whats wrong with minecraft?

[@Sannyasin]

wOrLd is sO wOnderfUL!.. grabE k aUZ ng cavE! naay fOrest sa suLOd.. jah bLESs!

[@philyB08]

I wondet how long until tourists ruin the surrounding area with souveiner buildings and pollution.

[@whazzzzzzzzza]

3rd

[@simon2579]

7th :P

[@NyanCatProd]

Calm down

[@VtecCivc]

2nd :)

[@kaynie143]

6th :)

[@thatcatnibz]

first. :D