中国1026米深渊洞穴震撼英国探险者
据英国《每日邮报》报道,近日英国一组探险队奔赴中国历时数月时间进行探险体验，在他们的这段中国之旅过程中，他们意外发现一处深渊洞穴，该洞穴深达1026米。据探险队员们介绍，当他们最初看到这一深远洞穴时简直惊呆了，该处洞穴被认定是世界最深的洞穴之一。
据报道，这组探险队员在跋涉过很多崇山峻岭后抵达了一个名叫天星（音译）的小村子，他们在当地居民的带领下来到了一处极深的洞穴。据目前的测量结果，整个深远洞穴深度达到3100英尺，1026米深。该深度已经可以与世界上最深的几处山洞深渊相提并论了。探险队员们在接受记者采访时表示，在整个攀爬过程中，他们没有人敢向下探望，因为如果有人向下看，整个洞穴的深度足以使人晕眩，即使经验丰富的高山攀爬者或许也无法鼓起勇气来感受这狭长空间里极深的压迫恐惧感。据介绍，整队探险队员在中国停留数月，其中仅仅在这个天星小村庄就驻足2个月的时间，所有的探险队员都被这奇异的自然景观所震撼陶醉了。此外，随队一起来中国的还有一名摄影师罗伯特·肖恩，他将整个深远洞穴的方方面面都细致的拍摄了下来，并且准备让世人都来目睹这一雄伟景象。
探险队员们介绍，这一洞穴目前来说可谓是中国最深的深远洞穴，并且也跻身了世界最深洞穴之林。世界上最神的洞穴来自欧洲格鲁吉亚，名叫Krubera，它的深度达到惊人的6822英尺即2080米；而世界上第二深的洞穴位于奥地利，名叫Lamprechtsofen，深度为1631米；排在第三位的洞穴名叫Gouffre Mirolda，位于法国境内，深达5335英尺，即1626米。有趣的是，世界上最高的山峰珠穆朗玛峰高度为8848米，如果这些洞穴能够倒过来，它们也可以与珠峰一决高下。
Hold on to your specs while peering down here. You'd have a long climb to the bottom if they fell off.
This rocky chasm in China is one of the world's deepest underground shafts. It stretches down for an astonishing 3,100ft, or 1,026 metres.
An international team of cave explorers who discovered the cave, near the village of Tian Xing, are seen descending into the abyss.
The 3,100ft underground shaft near the village of Tian Xing in China where climbers spent two months exploring for four to five days at a time
The abyss: The cave is said to be one kilometre deep
The picture was taken by photographer Robert Shone, 28, of Manchester, who spent two months with the climbers documenting-their explorations.
Camping underground for four to five days at a time, the team were able to explore the extensive network of caves and tunnels.
Mind the gap: An explorer watches a waterfall from a slippery perch
Photographer Robert Shone spent two months documenting the team's underground discoveries
Though unimaginably deep, the Chinese caves are actually dwarfed by others across the globe.
The world's deepest cave is Krubera in Georgia, which is 6,822ft deep (2,080 metres), followed by Lamprechtsofen in Austria (5,354ft or 1,631 metres) and Gouffre Mirolda in France (5,335ft or 1,626 metres).
As an interesting comparison, the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, is 29,029ft (8,848 metres) high.
Between a rock and a hard place: Explorers crawl through the cave network
Breathtaking: The team, below, were able to explore the network of cave and tunnels in the underground shaft
