Issue 07

Hidden
Scenes
of the
Underworld

↑ Yucatán, Mexico A cave diver hovers inside a vast flooded chamber, surrounded by ancient formations within the Greater Mayan Aquifer, Mexico’s hidden freshwater world.

Photographing a Flooded Cave System in Yucatán, Mexico

Words and Images by Martin Broen

I have been diving and photographing the flooded caves of Yucatán, Mexico, for more than a decade. They are vast labyrinths of tunnels and chambers, sculpted over millennia and then submerged as sea levels rose.

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Images by Jon McCormack, Interview by Andrew Todhunter

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