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Walking through the rooms in the cave is like walking through galleries in a museum. There's so much to see around every corner.
The lights cast interesting shadows and colors in the rooms of the cave.
A single column forms when a stalactite coming down from the ceiling merges with a stalagmite growing up from the floor.
Looking up at the ceiling of the cave.
Sharp stalactites reach down from above. Those that are still growing are capped with a tiny bead of water.
This rare cave shield resembles a jellyfish.
It's hard to imagine the time scale in which these features are created.
Looking up through a narrow section of the cave.
An accordion? A folded sheet of paper? Bacon? What do you see?
Towers jut up from a mound of cave popcorn.
Intricate stacks in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park.