Crystal caves

Sounds like something out of a Superman movie don't it?

I recently saw a picture of crystal caves deep down below in a desert in Mexico. The picture was quite extraordinary - it had these tiny figures (us humans) walking along the magnificently shaped crystals - which looked surreal. If I didn't know better, I would've thought it was a creation of the imagination. I've even put a picture of it in my blog today.

Remarkable isn't it?

I've begun reading Thomas Friedman a lot recently - and though I don't quite agree with all that he says - his most recent book on the environment called Hot Flat and Crowded brought something across that I had to agree with. He was talking about how the ice caps are melting and slowly biodiversity will disappear. He contemplated the impact this would have on one crucial aspect of humans that distinguishes us from the rest of the animal species - that being - our imagination.

How can we create beautiful poetry and painting and ponder about the beauty around us if there is nothing to inspire us and nothing to think on? Will imagination die?

Will all that our future generations have will be pictures of crystal caves - will we never be able to show them for ourselves?

I certainly hope not.