Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland, August 2012
The workers carved statues from salt.
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The salt was extracted from water. Actually it still is. They have to constantly pump water from the mine.
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This huge chapel is carved out of the salt.
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These guys must have had a lot of free time.
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In case you haven't noticed, Poland is very Catholic.
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Of course there is a snack bar in the mine!
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I lost count of all the chapels in the mine.
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