Ruby falls – an underground waterfall with a height of about 45 meters, which is located inside lookout mountain.
Amazing natural sight can be seen in the U.S. state of Tennessee, near Chattanooga city.
Here, in the bowels of lookout mountain, is an underground waterfall ruby falls. Located at 341 meters underground waterfall has a height of 44 meters and is the tallest and deepest waterfall of the United States.
Beautiful underground waterfall ruby falls was named after the wife of its discoverer, a local cave Explorer Leo Lambert. In 1928, the year the team Lambert was engaged in the exploration of the caves of lookout mountain. By following underground passages over rivers, they came to a large vertical shaft with an amazing waterfall.
Presumably the age of the underground waterfall is Colo 30 million years. Over the years, fed by springs and rain water stream is washed in a large limestone mine. With the 44-meter high waterfall rushes down, where the water is collected in the pool where a small underground rivers is headed to the Tennessee river.
The velocity of the water in the waterfall, ruby falls is 1200 liters per minute.It is interesting that throughout the year the temperature in the cave is around 10 degrees. Now underground waterfall ruby falls in lookout mountain is one of the most popular attractions in Tennessee and his visit is included in all popular tourist destinations across the state.
