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Description: Just 70 minutes outside of NYC there’s a nearly 400-year-old zinc mine that GLOWS 🤯 #quicktrips #travel #traveltips

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Just 70 minutes outside of NYC there’s a nearly 400-year-old zinc mine that GLOWS 🤯 #quicktrips #travel #traveltips

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Why does no one know about these glowing broths under New Jersey? Just 70 minutes outside of New York City, you can wander through the tunnels of a nearly 400 year old zinc mine that glows under ultraviolet light. The Sterling Hill Mine is in Ogdensburg, NJ, which is known as the fluorescent mineral capital of the world. Without UV light, the rocks just look like any other rock. So the miners only discovered that they glowed because they're mining equipment was sparking weird colors. They eventually brought in a geologist who set up a UV light and the mind just lit up. This was the last operating mine in New Jersey and it shut down in 1986. For financial reasons, it's since been turned into a museum where you can wander through tunnels, Siegel logical formations, learn about the history of mining, and of course marvel at the glowing rocks. Seeing the glowing rocks in person is just unreal. It's almost hard to believe that something like this exists in our natural world. People have gotten married here. It's also been a filming location for movies like Zoolander. I however, think someone needs to throw a giant rape here. The Sterling Hill mine has 35 miles of tunnel that go down 2550 feet, the length of two Empire State Buildings. I'm not gonna lie, it's kind of ominous down there. It's dead quiet and super cold and apparently there have been supernatural sightings in the past in October. They offer a haunted mind to her, and frankly, even though regular tour was a bit spooky for me so I'm not sure I could handle that. Outside they have a mind run dump area where for $5 anyone can sift through and take home minerals. They even have a room where you can test to see if your rocks fluoresce under UV.

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