Molnar Janos Cave

Adam Kellerman · Issue 108, May/Jun 2019 · pp. 66–67

Products mentioned: Olympus E-M1, Olympus housing, Inon D-2000 strobes, Trojan Fatman Video Lights, Sony A6000, Nauticam housing, Inon Z240 strobes

I can bet that very few inhabitants of Budapest are aware what lays beneath their feet when they walk the streets of the Hungarian Capital City every day. The story starts in the XIX century with Janos Molnar or should I say Molnar Janos (Hungarian usually speak the surname in the first place). That Hungarian pharmacist was fascinated by the sources of thermal water that were supplying numerous thermal pools in Budapest. Their health benefits were discovered by ancient Romans who were strongly present here in the II century. But let’s go back to Molnar Janos. He was trying to understand the benefits of thermal waters but also he was curious where that water was actually coming from. He was particularly intrigued by a small lake at the foot of Gellert Hill. He observed water coming from the rocks and suspected that there should be a water filled cave system somewhere under the hill. Final…