Old caving pictures

Some Pictures of Scott Cobel and myself in Maple Grove cave.

Here I am in a small hole that leads down to a

small second level. I'm waist deep in water on

this second level.

Unfortunatly this is a muddy cave. This would

be a really pretty formation if it weren't for all

the mud.

In the background is Scott ducking under some low passage

and wading in knee deep water.

In the foreground is the same formation shown above.

Here are some stalactites. I think the white around them is

calcite. You can't see in this picture but they are joined to the

ceiling by a very small stem of calcite.

Here is a closeup of the stem of calcite.

Scott on the other end of one of the most decorated parts

of the cave.

Scott entering one of the rooms in the cave.

It is moderatly decorated. Very faintly you can

see the "giant boobie" in the background.

Here I am posing next to "The Giant Boobie".

This is a very poor picture of some "cave bacon".

In this area of the cave there were many seeds

in the muddy pit that had sprouted, living off

the endosperm sugars of the seed until they

can create their own food via photosynthesis.

Unfortunatly these little guys will never see the sun.

These are a couple of strange speleotherms on

the ceiling. I think they were formed by water

lapping against the ceiling here, but don't know.