Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about Altamira. This is a follow up to the blog I previously did, but about a different angle on it. You see, Altamira might be a cave system made out of rocks, but that doesn't mean the paintings in it can't be effected. After the events of the last blog post, it was opened to visitors. However, several months after it being opened, a visitor noticed a splotch of green on a painting. The guide checked it out, and discovered that it was fungus that was feeding off the painting and was brought in by a guest.
It was immediately closed to the public, and the fungi was beaten back and wires were placed to stop it from coming back. However, this meant that guests couldn't come in and see the paintings. We ended up with an amazing bounty of paintings that no one could see. So, Gilles Tosello and others worked on creating a rendition of it down to the exact contours so that the public could see the same thing without damaging the originals. He worked on creating the exact details for the caverns, while drawing the paintings perfectly. It's currently open to the public, and you can find out about it here.
That's Adventure Van, recreating a blog.
oh wow!
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