Cave diving into the fiery heart of planet Earth
My latest obsession - tannic domes!
 Hatzutz ActunIf you're looking for a cave with a lot of colour and some fun restrictions, Hatzutz Actun is your cave!
 Taak Bi HaCenote Taak Bi Ha has opened up for cave diving, snorkelling and swimming since our last Mexico cave diving trip. It has a stunning closed cavern that they light up for visitors. Taak Bi Ha is part of cave system Sac Actun.
 Tank Cave - A3 intersectionComing from the entrance of Tank Cave, this is the point at which the tunnels split. The A Tunnel leads off to the left and the C Tunnel continues straight ahead.
 Tank Cave - Lake AyreLake Ayre is a pocket of trapped gas on Tank Cave's A Line.
 Tank Cave - F TunnelDeep in the bowels of Australia's Tank Cave is a beautiful long straight tunnel called F Tunnel, stretching for a couple of hundred metres.
 Tank Cave - C TunnelAs tunnels fan out from the Tank Cave entrance they are named off by letter: A, B, C, D etc.
 Tank Cave at D2This floor to ceiling feature leftover from when water eroded out the passages of the cave that cave divers now swim through is a favourite of mine.
 Tank Cave ice chamberLocal cave divers will know this room in Australia's Tank Cave by the inspirational name "90 Metre Room". I like to think of it as an ice chamber with a molten ceiling. It definitely feels icy on a smoking hot Australian summer's day!
 StalactitesStalactites are icicle-like rock formations that hang from the ceilings of caves. They're one of the delicate formations that we need to dive most carefully around when cave diving.
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