Description:
A limestone column in Carlsbad Caverns, with a particularly rich and varied texture formed of strange branching formations made by the slow dripping of water along the edges of the limestone. Mostly the stalagmite portion of the column is visible in this photo, with the rough, ridged appearance common to stalagmites. On the right side of the picture is the side of another column, encrusted with the small barnacle-like formations called cave popcorn.
