Movile Cave (Romanian: Peștera Movile) is a cave near Mangalia, Constanța County, Romania discovered in 1986 by Cristian Lascu a few kilometers from the Black Sea coast. [1] It is notable for its unique groundwater ecosystem abundant in …

Discovered in 1986, by geologist Christian Lascu, Movile Cave is an unique cave ecosystem where life is sustained by in situ chemosynthetic primary production (analogous to deep-sea hydrothermal vents).

Movile Cave contains one of Earth's most unusual ecosystems, populated with invertebrates surviving on bacteria and fungi that derive energy from the sulfide hot springs beneath the cave. The atmosphere of this cave is very strange:

Located on the outskirts of Mangalia, Romania, Movile Cave is world-renowned for its unique chemo-synthesis-based ecosystem. 35 of the species that live here can be found nowhere else on earth. Located on the Black Sea coast, North of Mangalia, this swamp is a peat bog rich in freshwater vegetation.

Movile Cave was the first ever discovered subterranean chemosysthesis-based ecosystem. Movile Cave is a 240 m long horizontal maze that has no natural entrance, having been sealed off from the surface during the Quaternary (2.5 million years ago) by thick and impermeable layers of clays and loess.

2024年10月29日 · Movile Cave is a cave located in Mangalia in Constanța County, Romania, a few kilometers from the Black Sea coastline. Cristian Lascu discovered Movile Cave in 1986 during a geologic survey above a derelict mining pit in Mangalia.

Near Mangalia is the most famous cave in the world: Movile. The cave was discovered in 1986, in a mine shaft and the cave didn’t show any sign of distinctive characteristics. It only had one gallery, 200 m long, narrow and unspectacular.

2019年10月31日 · At that moment, no one imagined the Movile Cave, a small cave with narrow passages covered with clay, but with gorgeous and spectacular labyrinthine galleries, would be considered one of the greatest discoveries of the century that …

2024年9月5日 · Discover the hidden ecosystem of Movile Cave, where life thrives in extreme conditions without sunlight. Explore this unique underground world! 🌌🦠

2017年4月25日 · An alien land within our own human-inhabited planet, the Movile Cave of Romania, discovered in 1986, is surely a treasure to be conserved. Lying below a vast stretch of barren, featureless plain in Constanta Country in Romania, this cave and its inhabitants are unique in every possible way.