Evening all,

After reading about Monkton Mines and the local Corsham network I was
curious to know why they painted the underground area white?

Looking at Ridge (etc) they did not do similar....is there a reason
for the white paint - or was it a purely aesthetic reason as to 'bouce
back' the most optimum light?

I do not know why white was chosen, but the reason Ridge was not
painted, is because it was never finished.

On 9 Feb, 01:27, glebid...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Evening all,
>
> After reading about Monkton Mines and the local Corsham network I was
> curious to know why they painted the underground area white?
>
> Looking at Ridge (etc) they did not do similar....is there a reason
> for the white paint - or was it a purely aesthetic reason as to 'bouce
> back' the most optimum light?

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:27:22 -0800 (PST), glebidior@hotmail.com wrote:

>Evening all,
>
>After reading about Monkton Mines and the local Corsham network I was
>curious to know why they painted the underground area white?
>
>Looking at Ridge (etc) they did not do similar....is there a reason
>for the white paint - or was it a purely aesthetic reason as to 'bouce
>back' the most optimum light?

IIRC it was to optimise the available light as suggested.

I attended a lecture many (many!) years ago on cave photography where 
the suggestion was made to white paint the inside of ammunition boxes
used to carry your photo gear.

I tried this and it proved to be a very useful tip.

GrahamC