Carlsbad Caverns National Park - August 2005 »  Viewing 17     [Image 15 of 17]  :: Jump To  
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Comment: Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located within the Guadalupe Mountains, seen here.
10 * This picture doesn't do justice for how large this cavern I'm standing in is. It's approximately 600,000 square feet, which is 700 football fields. This is only the beginning. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.15MB)

13 * Two speleothems, a general term for any precipitation of calcite in a cave, which includes stalagmites and stalagtites, are seen here. Once these two features join, they will be called a column. * 1536 x 2048 * (1.36MB)

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15 * Stalagmite * 1536 x 2048 * (1.22MB)

16 * These are the largest features in the cavern. * 1536 x 2048 * (1.31MB)
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18 * This butte comprises the southwest extents of the Guadalupe Mountains. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.15MB)

19 * I wish this picture had turned out better. I took this while driving away from the site. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.04MB)
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