New Mexico: Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Scattered

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One of the marvelous parts of visiting Carlsbad Caverns is the exceptional lighting that highlights the cave's many features. Here, a series of spotlights highlight a group of scattered stalactite ...

Columns

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A series of columns connect the floor and ceiling in the Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns.

Temple and Ceiling

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A lit ceiling of stalactites shows in the foreground with the Temple of the Sun formation in the background.

Looming Temple

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The Temple of the Sun formation looms large in its part of the Big Room in Carlsbad Caverns.

Calcitic Eternity

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Stalactites and stalagmites are formed from the deposition of calcite over time. One of the amazing things about the Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns is the seeming infinite space that the lighting and...

Twin Pillars

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Ripples In The Dark

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Desert Succulent

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One of the hundreds of plant species can be seen in the park above the caverns.

Blue Light Special

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With visitors to the Big Room able to use various forms of flashlights and headlamps, the resulting mix of impromptu light color adds an other-worldliness to Carlsbad Caverns.

The Original Way In

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This is one of the early exploratory ladders used to traverse the cavern.

Rock Ood

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This formation resembles an alien from a popular science fiction series called the Ood.

Speleothems

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The speleothems in the Carlsbad Caverns have a drapery like appearance to them. In my opinion, these cave formations were the most interesting to see inside the cavern.