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World Service,1 min

Cave scientist Penny Boston: Why I hugged a hot mega-crystal. Photo by M. Spilde

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Penny describes her emotional reaction to having to leave the Naica cave system in Mexico, where the largest crystals on earth dwell in 50 degrees centigrade heat, 300 metres underground.

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