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| This cave is outside Taxco, in Guerrero and is called Last Grutas de Cacahuamilpa. It's huge!!!!! |
It's hard to appreciate the scale. The walkway goes in 2km. The ceilings range from 100-240 feet or so. |
It feels like scuba diving among coral heads. |
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| Remember, this stuff is formed from minerals in water droplets over millions of years! |
The guide talked about geology, but mostly he shown his floodlight on features and said "This looks like a horse.... This looks like Sponge Bob." |
This gives you a feel for the size. |
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| This "mesa" is literally as big as our house. |
Remember standing next to fallen Redwoods and counting rings? This is a fallen stalagtite and we could see rings of material. |
They did some really nice lighting of the cavern. |
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| The camera distorts the features... these obviously grow absolutely vertical from the drips. |
I don't know what makes some smooth and some gnarly. Something about air temperature, humidity, and mineral content. |
The scale? The ceiling is 150-200 feet. |
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| Feels like coral. |
Pictures barely give you a sense of the awe we felt seeing it. |
Here I'm standing next to a piece of stalagtite strewn on the floor like boulders. The geological scale is incomprehensible. |
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| These ribbon features grow when the drops slide down the cave walls rather then drip through air. |
Mind boggling. |
I love this shot. It's like Lord of the Rings or something! |