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Water levels are so low in Texas, underwater caves and century-old ruins have suddenly appeared

A wall of geological limestone formations creates a canyon and cliff overhang near the river in Pedernales Falls State Park as part of the Texas Hill Country
A wall of geological limestone formations creates a canyon and cliff overhang near the river in Pedernales Falls State Park as part of the Texas Hill Country
Getty Images/Brigitte Thompson

Ask anyone around you, they're probably tired of this extreme heat.  Hey, we're tired of it, too!  But the heat and drought Texas has been experiencing all summer has led to some pretty interesting discoveries.

There's a lake in Comal County, just northeast of San Antonio, that has dried up so much because of the heat, and whose water levels are so low, actually made a cave that used to be strictly underwater appear above the surface.  Along with the cave, ruins of a community thought be over 1,000 years old have also reappeared!


JM Perez captured images of the suddenly visible cave and ruins, calling the experience "bittersweet."

He told CNN, "I work on the lake, so I've been watching it drop.  We are a little over 18 feet low now. It is very sad to see it but on the other hand, it is very cool seeing some of the hidden caves. As well the history that is coming to the surface."

According to KSAT, the century-old ruins are from the towns of Hancock and Crane's Mill, which were founded by German immigrants in the 1850s and use to occupy the space now filled by water.

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