The amazing photos of “Ice Rainbow Cave” in Mount Rainier National Park in the United States have encouraged national park services to issue warnings about the dangers of exploring this cave.
The pictures, taken by Natural Photographer Mathew Nicholas, were shot from the inside of one of the ice caves in the National Park. This shows the melted waterways walk under the summer snow. “I don’t believe my eyes. I went to Mount Rainier specifically to explore the caves and never imagined they would be so colorful,” Mr Nicholas wrote on Instagram.
As beautiful as the scene, NPS officials really hamper visitors from approaching or entering the cave. In a press release, they said that the ice cave was vulnerable to spontaneous collapse due to disbursement, which was accelerated at this time this year. Officials also added that the MELT waterways that stretched under the Abadi snow court, could be dangerous too.
“Collapse, or ice and falling stones can be fatal or cause serious injuries for those who are brave inside or near the entrance,” said the press notes.
“Those who enter the channel/cave are in the danger of hypothermia because the combination of cold air temperatures inside and the cooler melted water that flows from the snow field. That afternoon), “he added.
Furthermore, NPS officials tell me that the Mount Rainier National Park is known for several well -developed ice caves, but with a warming climate, it becomes an unstable and dangerous region.
They said that the park closed the caves around the 1980s due to unsafe conditions, including chunks of ice and flakes, several sizes of small cars, loose and falling from the ceiling of the cave.