The town of Jasper, TN draws water from a spring at the foot of Jasper Mountain known as the Jasper Blue Hole. Recently, cave divers have explored a distance of 6,000 feet back under the mountain, leading to speculation that this may be the longest underwater cave in Tennessee. The team has sent off specimens of several cave dwelling species, such as amphipods, to experts for identification.
Click here to see a couple of short videos of the cave.
Click here to read about earlier dives at the Blue Hole in the January issue of Underwater Speleology. Scroll down to page 12 for Notes From the Field: Fall 2011 by Jason Richards.
This is all quite exciting. I'm very curious as to what the implications, if any, of this discovery might be, and hope to learn more soon.
Bob Butters
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