Historical Images & Videos on Instagram: "Inside caves, darkness hides dangers the eyes cannot see. Many explorers say that when they take their first steps inside, the silence and still air feel harmless. But that’s when the smallest detail can decide between life and death. In countless stories, adventurers who ignored this test watched their torch flames suddenly vanish, as if something invisible had stolen the air. What seemed like nothing more than mysterious darkness became a deadly trap:

history on Instagram: "On June 8, 2014, 52-year-old cave researcher Johann Westhauser was exploring the Riesending cave system beneath the German-Austrian Alps when a rockfall struck him in the head over 3,000 feet underground. He was part of a three-man team surveying deep passages when the impact left him with a serious traumatic brain injury. His partners had no radio signal. One climbed for 12 hours to reach the surface and alert rescuers. The other stayed behind in total darkness for days t