Luke Caverns

I was lucky enough to be in the excavations of the tomb of the founder, Yash Kukmo, the first of 18 kings. Him and his wife were buried in the same building. But the wife was on top, and then there was a staircase going down, and then we excavated and found Yash Kukmo buried. underneath her. But in that staircase area, there was a and both these bodies, by the way, were covered in red cinnabar.

They like dusty red cinnabar. They painted it all over there. But in the staircase, there was a pot and And it had mercury in it. And it kind of freaked us out because this is a heavy metal. You die if you ingest heavy metals. So everybody had to wear these. We got these stupid painter masks from the hardware store like they were going to do anything to save us. It was stupid. It was just all...

They like dusty red cinnabar. They painted it all over there. But in the staircase, there was a pot and And it had mercury in it. And it kind of freaked us out because this is a heavy metal. You die if you ingest heavy metals. So everybody had to wear these. We got these stupid painter masks from the hardware store like they were going to do anything to save us. It was stupid. It was just all...

They like dusty red cinnabar. They painted it all over there. But in the staircase, there was a pot and And it had mercury in it. And it kind of freaked us out because this is a heavy metal. You die if you ingest heavy metals. So everybody had to wear these. We got these stupid painter masks from the hardware store like they were going to do anything to save us. It was stupid. It was just all...

There was no point to them, but we all wore them in this hot tunnel as we extracted this thing. But it was kind of a bulb-shaped vessel, and it had nine layers of mercury separated by something that was like cheesecloth. So we excavated it first. On the top layer, noticed, oh, shit, that's mercury. And we're in an enclosed space. Yeah. Well, I don't know how liquid it was.

There was no point to them, but we all wore them in this hot tunnel as we extracted this thing. But it was kind of a bulb-shaped vessel, and it had nine layers of mercury separated by something that was like cheesecloth. So we excavated it first. On the top layer, noticed, oh, shit, that's mercury. And we're in an enclosed space. Yeah. Well, I don't know how liquid it was.

There was no point to them, but we all wore them in this hot tunnel as we extracted this thing. But it was kind of a bulb-shaped vessel, and it had nine layers of mercury separated by something that was like cheesecloth. So we excavated it first. On the top layer, noticed, oh, shit, that's mercury. And we're in an enclosed space. Yeah. Well, I don't know how liquid it was.

I wasn't the one who looked at it. And then we whisked it off to the lab, and the lab carefully took it apart and saw that there were nine layers, which is interesting because there's supposed to be nine levels of the Maya heavens. But that liquid and reflection is kind of a symbol of the other world for them. They...

I wasn't the one who looked at it. And then we whisked it off to the lab, and the lab carefully took it apart and saw that there were nine layers, which is interesting because there's supposed to be nine levels of the Maya heavens. But that liquid and reflection is kind of a symbol of the other world for them. They...

I wasn't the one who looked at it. And then we whisked it off to the lab, and the lab carefully took it apart and saw that there were nine layers, which is interesting because there's supposed to be nine levels of the Maya heavens. But that liquid and reflection is kind of a symbol of the other world for them. They...

The mirror is often said the smoking mirror is the place that the reflection into the other world or the still body of water. When you see your reflection on that, that's supposed to be looking into the other world. So I imagine in one way or another, the mercury and its liquid and reflective quality meant it was a vision into the other world. Is there any utility for mercury?

The mirror is often said the smoking mirror is the place that the reflection into the other world or the still body of water. When you see your reflection on that, that's supposed to be looking into the other world. So I imagine in one way or another, the mercury and its liquid and reflective quality meant it was a vision into the other world. Is there any utility for mercury?

The mirror is often said the smoking mirror is the place that the reflection into the other world or the still body of water. When you see your reflection on that, that's supposed to be looking into the other world. So I imagine in one way or another, the mercury and its liquid and reflective quality meant it was a vision into the other world. Is there any utility for mercury?

Like, what does it do? Do we know? Well, now we put it in in thermometers. That old school thermometer that tells us what the temperature is, that's mercury in there.

Like, what does it do? Do we know? Well, now we put it in in thermometers. That old school thermometer that tells us what the temperature is, that's mercury in there.

Like, what does it do? Do we know? Well, now we put it in in thermometers. That old school thermometer that tells us what the temperature is, that's mercury in there.

Oh, the Atacama Desert. We touched on that a little bit, but that would be South America. I'm not exactly sure how geologically you explain it. Acids.

Oh, the Atacama Desert. We touched on that a little bit, but that would be South America. I'm not exactly sure how geologically you explain it. Acids.

Oh, the Atacama Desert. We touched on that a little bit, but that would be South America. I'm not exactly sure how geologically you explain it. Acids.

The Atacama Desert is... It's the ingredient in nitroglycerin. So it's basically nitroglycerin. Like the reason that Chile stole the Atacama Desert from Bolivia is because they discovered this huge cache of what we need to make nitroglycerin. And all of a sudden- A worthless desert had a precious mineral that we could blow ourselves up with. Oh, wow.