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carnkie Joined: 07/09/2007 Location: camborne, cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Abandoned Mine in siberia Posted: 20/06/2012 10:52:44 Reply \| Quote I came across some photos of an abandoned mine in Siberia that are quite interesting. But what on earth is this? (click image to open full size image in new window) [link] -- The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. IP: 89.242.51.40
Edd Joined: 02/07/2008 Location: Alderley Edge View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Abandoned Mine in siberia Posted: 20/06/2012 12:57:44 Reply \| Quote Looks like some kind of fungal growth. -- 'I started reading it with full intention to read it all and then got bored and went and got beer instead!' IP: 86.181.28.101
Roy Morton Joined: 09/10/2007 Location: Redruth Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Abandoned Mine in siberia Posted: 20/06/2012 23:35:17 Reply \| Quote Fungi -- 'Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear' IP: 31.53.194.48
Dolcoathguy Joined: 21/05/2008 Location: Camborne, Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Abandoned Mine in siberia Posted: 21/06/2012 07:14:51 Reply \| Quote Another photo plus link to a non related article showing just how many fungi species can be found in a mine! http://www.derbyscc.org.uk/alderley/geology_biology.php I always have wondered if certain types of ores impede fungal growth - ie copper etc. -- Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet? IP: 194.126.226.123

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