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to the 3rd cave!
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Entering the cave system
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Injects stinging silicone barbs into your skin - they last 3 0r 4 years DO NOT TOUCH
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monkey
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Goin' on in
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the wind shipping thru this cavern dries the drips on the ceiling and creates this texture
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climbin'
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Going up
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an elephant's foot - created because the wind in the cavern whips away the drops - leaving an irregular shape as opposed to a regular stalactite
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towards the green
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me in the dark
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Green pot
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You can see the water line of the lake that formerly occupied this chamber
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I see the light!
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Cave cheese
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you had to be there
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blind!
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Git on down there
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cave photo # 1234
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I forget the name - these only grow towards the light because algae trap the water and fix the lime
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fossils
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fossils
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Petra wrigling through a small hole
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Hi gary!
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fossils
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Fossils on the reef that makes up the limestone
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Toight squeeze
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Roots
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photostitched picture of the giant root that went through the ceiling and down into the floor - they've found roots more than 1/4 mile underground
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Travertine