Stone Drapery - Carlsbad Caverns
by KJ Swan
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Stone Drapery - Carlsbad Caverns
Artist
KJ Swan
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Description
Magnificent speleothems (cave formations) continue to grow throughout the caves of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Water droplets soak through limestone rock, eventually dripping into a cave below. Those water drops have absorbed gasses and dissolved minerals from the soil and limestone above. Wherever that calcium-water drops, stone draperies are formed. Thus, drip-by-drip, over the past million years or so, Carlsbad Cavern has slowly been decorating itself.
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April 11th, 2018
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Alinna Lee
Super cool shot KJ! Congrats on the win in Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Caves and Caverns photo contest!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, KJ – your stunning scene finished second place in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Caves and Caverns photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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