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    Dylan Lara
    Photo Date: 
    12/30/2017
    The tunnel leading from the ticket office and gift shop into Craighead Caverns below.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    In the first and largest room guests enter, there are sections where bridges have been built for easy passing over sudden steep valleys
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    A tour guide leading the group down to the lower part of the caves.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    This section is called the Little Grand Canyon due to many of the rock formations that resemble the walls of the Grand Canyon.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    One of the many cave waterfalls inside of Craighead Caverns.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    Some of the waterfalls are right along the trail leading to The Lost Sea.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    A genuine Tennessee moonshine still recovered from inside of Craighead Caverns, when they were being cleaned for commercial use.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    The section of the cave leading to the lake was once only big enough for a small child to fit through, so the hole was widened and a steel passageway was built for guests to safely travel from the last open room of the cave to the lake.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    The muddy waters of The Lost Sea.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    Glass-bottomed boats take guests out onto the 80-foot by 220-foot underground lake at the bottom of Craighead Caverns.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    The dock where guests board the electric glass bottom boats for their tour of The Lost Sea.
    Dylan Lara
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    12/30/2017
    The half-mile hike back up to the entrance is pretty steep, but each tour has two built-in breaks to catch your breath and hear more about the caves and their history.
    Dylan Lara
    Photo Date: 
    12/30/2017
    Some of the caving routes guests who choose to take the Wild Tour will encounter.

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