Cave exploration. Caver exploring a waterway in the Choranche cave, part of the Couffin-Chevaline system, near Choranche in south-eastern France. Thes

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Cave exploration. Caver exploring a waterway in the Choranche cave, part of the Couffin-Chevaline system, near Choranche in south-eastern France. These caves were discovered in 1871, and extend for over 15 kilometres through karst limestone in the Massif des Coulmes mountain range of the Vercors Plateau. Photographed in 2010.

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