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The undersea city was built from a 250 million year salt mine
This salt mine was formed 250 million years ago, under the seabed, as a rock salt material. When the sea is shallow it leaves a large cave with a huge amount of salt.
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This salt mine was formed 250 million years ago, under the seabed, as a rock salt material. When the sea is shallow it leaves a large cave with a huge amount of salt.
Located 600m above the ground, under Lake Erie in Ohio, USA, the Morton salt mine is considered a wonder of beauty as well as a strange way of exploitation.
Salina Turda is one of the oldest salt mines in the world that has been renovated and built into an amusement park with many fascinating games.