150 MILLION YEARS BENEATH YUCATAN / Cenotes, Caves, & Underground Rivers

Chapter 1 – From a Tropical Sea to the Birth of Underground Rivers How did the cenotes, caves and underground rivers of Yucatán begin? Travel back 150 million years to discover the geological story behind the world's largest flooded cave system. This documentary follows the transformation of an ancient tropical sea into a vast limestone platform, the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, and the slow work of rainwater that carved an extraordinary underground world over millions of years. This is the first chapter of a documentary series exploring the geological evolution of the Yucatán Peninsula and the origin of its cenotes, caves and underground rivers. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 A Tropical Sea 01:20 Limestone Formation 02:15 The Chicxulub Impact 03:00 Rain Begins the Transformation 03:45 Birth of Underground Rivers 04:20 Next Chapter Produced by Lily Dive. Subscribe for the next chapter of the series. #Yucatan #Cenotes #CaveDiving #UndergroundRivers #Geology #EarthHistory #Documentary #Limestone #Chicxulub #Nature #Mexico