A group of 15 people taking part in an experiment where they cut themselves off from the world have re-emerged from a cave in France after 40 days.
Leaving their cave dwelling on Saturday, the group from a scientific experiment to say that time seemed to pass more slowly in their cavernous underground abode, where they were deprived of clocks and light.
The 15 left their voluntary isolation in the Lombrives cave to a round of applause and basked in the light of day while wearing special glasses to protect their eyes after so long in the dark.
'It was like pressing pause,' said 33-year-old Marina Lançon, one of the seven female team members in the experiment, adding she didn't feel there was a rush to do anything.