Comments on: Underground Wonders

By: aleigh

aleigh — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:21:19 +0000

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the formations in caves such as Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla are not created from acid residue. Most of them are formed by mineral deposits that occur when water travels from the surface and drips from the cave ceiling. There are more complicated things that happen as well, but thats the basic gyst of it. Also, another word for solutional cave (and more scientist friendly) is hypogenic. Great pics though!

By: jamie

jamie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:13:00 +0000

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By: Fraser Brown

Fraser Brown — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:40:44 +0000

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By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:07:35 +0000

I visited a solutional (limestone) cave in Pennsylvania, I think the name was Laurel Caverns. The tour was about an hour, followed by 3 hours in the Uniontown hospital getting stitches in my forehead.(ha-ha) Them caves is dark. The next time I’ll wear the hard-hat.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:43:04 +0000

You left one kind out… man-made

link to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain

By: jessica A

jessica A — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:49:34 +0000

thats cool it would be nice if it said where the caves where!

By: Ranger X

Ranger X — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:58:49 +0000

Great photos! Don’t forget the highest concentrations of lava tubes in North America: Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California. It has over 400 lava tube caves, far more than Mt. Saint Helens.