Filming
Lechuguilla Cave was shown in the BBC documentary series Planet Earth. The fourth episode, titled "Caves", airing on April 22, 2007, documented scientists and filmmakers exploring Lechuguilla Cave, including the Chandelier Ballroom, which has high-quality crystals. It took the team two years to get permission to film, and local authorities are unlikely to allow another film crew to enter in the foreseeable future.
The Denver Museum of Natural History (now known as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) filmed one of the first documentaries in the cave, titled Lechuguilla Cave: The Hidden Giant, in 1987, featuring many of the cavers responsible for the breakthrough and initial survey work. The video was broadcast on the Denver PBS station KRMA in 1989 and was available for purchase at the Denver Museum until the early 1990s.
The 1992 National Geographic Society program titled Mysteries Underground was also filmed extensively in Lechuguilla Cave.
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