: Reveals nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history.
: Framed by Sugarloaf Mountain and the Corcovado peak. Sophia Madonna - Natural Wonders of The World 8
Dr. Voss famously remarked, “We have seen hoodoos in Bryce Canyon and limestone towers in Thailand. But this? This is not erosion. This is intention.” : Reveals nearly two billion years of Earth's
: Vulnerable to rising sea temperatures and widespread coral bleaching. when a joint UNESCO-BIOMEX expedition
: Regulates global climate by storing massive volumes of carbon.
Western science dismissed this as myth until 2019, when a joint UNESCO-BIOMEX expedition, led by Dr. Helene Voss, stumbled upon the formation. Using LIDAR mapping to penetrate the dense canopy, they found a caldera that had been hidden by a microclimate for 10,000 years. Inside this caldera was the formation now universally referred to as .