Multicolored Cavern
DownloadDescription: A colorful cave at Carlsbad Caverns.
Limestone Cave 4
DownloadDescription: A limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. In the foreground at the left side of the photo is a dark cave wall, which curves up in an arch to join the ceiling overhead. The roof of the cave is bristling with pointy stalactites, and the far wall is lit from beneath, showing a bulbous narrow stalagmite protruding from the floor near the cave wall.
Otherworld Cavern 3
DownloadDescription: Another of the seemingly endless strange and interesting sights at Carlsbad Caverns.
Otherworld Cavern 2
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Looking down a tunnel at Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico.
Otherworld Cavern
DownloadDescription: This huge cavern at Carlsbad abounds with fascinating formations.
Tunnel Entrance
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Striking stalactites and columns mark the entrance to this tunnel at Carlsbad Caverns.
Limestone Cave 9
DownloadDescription: A broad view of limestone caves in Carlsbad Caverns. Above is an arched ceiling with pointed stalactites, and below there are openings leading into deeper grottoes. The ceiling of the cave is lit from below and to the left side of the photo, and the grottoes are filled with light from recessed lighting deeper in the cave.
Limestone Cave 8
DownloadDescription: The wall of a limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. The wall is dripping in stalactites, lit from below. On the left side of the photo, an arched opening leads deeper into the cave. On the floor next to the wall is a cluster of small stalagmites.
Limestone Cave 7
DownloadDescription: A limestone cave in the lower caverns of Carlsbad Caverns. On the left side of the photo is a curved white limestone wall. In the center of the pic hangs a cluster of tubular stalactites, stretching down toward the small bulbous stalagmites below. Behind that, a rounded, brown-walled grotto stretches away to a rough back wall.
Limestone Cave 6
DownloadDescription: The wall of a limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. The rough white surface of the wall arches overhead to join with the ceiling. Small stalactites hang from the lower portion of the wall where it meets the floor, some of them joining with small stalagmites to form columns.
Limestone Cave 5
DownloadDescription: A limestone cave wall in Carlsbad Caverns. A smaller rounded cave is indented into the wall, forming a small grotto lit from within. Narrow spiky stalactites hang from the wall above the grotto, and on the floor small stalagmites are encrusted with cave popcorn.
Limestone Cave 3
DownloadDescription: The wall of a limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. The upper part of the wall is dripping with pointy stalactites, and the lower part is encrusted with cave popcorn. On the left side of the photo is a wide conical stalagmite, and just behind that, against the wall, is a limestone column formed by the fusion of a stalagmite and a stalactite.
Limestone Cave 2
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A limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. Small stalactites on the floor are encrusted with small barnicle-like rock formations called cave popcorn. Small spiky stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the walls have the mottled, fluid look characteristic of limestone caves.
Limestone Cave 12
DownloadDescription: A broad view of a huge cave in Carlsbad Caverns. The ceiling is covered with huge stalactites, and a rough stone floor with intermittant stalagmites stretches into the distance. The openings into further caves can be seen along the back wall of the cavern.
Limestone Cave 11
DownloadDescription: The wall of a limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. On the left side of the picture, an arched wall curves up to the ceiling, bordering an opening to a small grotto. Two white limestone columns stand on the left side of the opening, connecting the arch of the wall to the floor. The wall on the left is covered with dripping formations.
Limestone Cave 10
DownloadDescription: The wall of a limestone cave in Carlsbad Caverns. In the center of the photo, a concave recess is set back in the cave wall, and in front of the recess stands a white limestone column. Stalactites festoon the surface of the wall, and in the foreground slightly to the left of the center of the photo stands a conical stalagmite, silhouetted against the brightly lit wall.
Limestone Cave 1
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The opening of an oval-shaped limestone cave deep within Carlsbad Caverns. The white rock walls are lit from within the cave, showing the dripping limestone rock formations on the walls. At the back of the cave a smaller opening leads away into darkness.
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