We were 280 feet underground! The cave kept dripping calcium-laden water onto everyone. (The hand railings, which have been there since the 1960s, have a fine film of cave deposits on them.) The pile of bat guano is from prehistoric bats, but the humidity keeps it squishy. Also, it's about 50 feet tall. The ripply stuff is "cave coral".
Random dispatches from my adopted city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Check out the 2008 archive for pics of the big road trip my mom and I went on.
(photo of me by Cat Crawford)
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