The last unexplored areas of our planet: the caves, in a congress in Vienna

By Andrea Scatolini on November 9, 2021

Thanks to Google Earth and similar services, the white spots have actually disappeared from the maps.
Satellite imagery and aerial laser scanning no longer transmit even the smallest details to remote areas of the world.
However, the earth’s surface has not really become “transparent” and there are still vast regions to be discovered that no one has ever seen – in underground cave systems. A congress in Vienna on November 12, 2021

A symposium on the last unexplored areas of our planet will take place in Vienna on November 12th: the caves.
International speakers will discuss the exploration of this “Terra Incognita” common to all continents.

Thanks to Google Earth and similar services, the white spots have actually disappeared from the maps.
Satellite imagery and aerial laser scanning no longer transmit even the smallest details to remote areas of the world.
However, the earth’s surface has not really become “transparent” and there are still vast regions to be discovered that no one has ever seen, in underground cave systems.
On the occasion of the International Year of Caves and the Karst, the Commission for Geosciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck and the Natural History Museum of Vienna, organizes a small symposium in which national excellences and international speakers will discuss the exploration of this “terra incognita” common to all continents.

Renowned for international caves and cavers par karst and several continents: Alps Greenland, Romania, Czech Republic and Nevada.
Caving photographer Robbie Shone will contribute a multimedia presentation on the world’s deepest caves.
The symposium is aimed at cave explorers, but at the same time aims to offer a glimpse of the world hidden under our feet also to a wider audience.

More information:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/geok/detail/event/hoehlen