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| Wrong cave - no one's getting in here without vertical gear, so Dan checked the GPS to find out where we're really headed. | Looking back at the stragglers as we head to Classic | Almost there... behind me is a natural bridge leading from the Classic collapse to this one. | Classic Cave entrance, a little hidden by the brush | Under the natural bridge |
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| Looking out of Classic | Lava stalagmites | Lava stalagmites | Lava Flour (the grey stuff is powder fine) | Helectite - as the lava cooled, some started to drip down, then changes in air movement gave it the helectite features. |
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| Lava drips | Another helectite | And more | Headed toward the skylight | Marks in the floor curve as the tube curves, but it's not easy to get in a photograph |
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| Lava Stretches (also called Taffy) | Carl attempts to get warm under the skylight | Joined by Sam... | ||
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| Looking back in as the group inventories | The skylight | Looking out of a pretty alcove, toward the main tube | Chemical coloring on the walls | The Calamari Formation |
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| One of two largish patches of fungus | Lava Spring - this fell from the ceiling as the tube was cooling | Black stalagmite | Dan points out an unusually long lava straw | |
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| Once we got out, it was time to warm up and have another snack. | The lava bed | Looking at the other section - will the tree hold if we shimmy down? No one wanted to be the guinea pig | the A'a bed | Almost back to the cars |