At one minute you are struggling for space, and suddenly you emerge upon a Gothic-looking hall, full of gracefully pendent stalactites. |
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The growth rate of stalactites and stalagmites in many caves today is of course quite slow. |
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The wall continues sheer to 30m and the first undercut and stalactites appear. |
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Meanwhile, souvenir-snatching tourists add to the damage, breaking limestone stalagmites and stalactites from cave floors and ceilings. |
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There were rudimentary stalactites and stalagmites protruding from ceiling and floor, like the teeth of some gargantuan creature's mouth. |
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Limestone dissolved by trickling water has formed both stalagmites and stalactites, and the beauty of the Cave is notable in its own right. |
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Our path is frequently obstructed by various cave things like stalactites, stalagmites, and blind butterbats. |
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There were numerous pools of boiling lava, and stalactites and stalagmites joined to form crude natural columns. |
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Similar to limestone stalactites, there are two forms, hollow cylindrically shaped soda straws, and the cone shaped drip pendants. |
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The caves also contain stalagmites and stalactites which can only be seen in limestone caves. |
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His sharp eyes listened to the drops of limestone water forming new stalactites and stalagmites. |
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The spring water was dripping from 10 pairs of stalactites, each over 100 metres in length. |
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We are careful not to hit our heads on the low ceilings because we could easily knock off some of the stalactites. |
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She gazed at the stalactites and stalagmites lining the floors and ceiling of the cave. |
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I vaguely make out outlines of stalagmites and stalactites connecting floor to ceiling, but little else. |
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It is a fairytale world of weirdly shaped hills, as well as spectacular caverns of stalagmites and stalactites in endless shapes and forms. |
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We had plenty of time to admire the water clarity, the stalactites and stalagmites and the view of trees framed by the entrance. |
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The largest developed limestone cave in Idaho, Minnetonka Cave offers a variety of stalactites and stalagmites within its walls. |
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Stalagmites rise from shelves in the side of the cave and stalactites drop to just clear of my head. |
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Calcite, or calcium carbonate, is the main constituent of limestone and of cave formations such as stalagmites and stalactites. |
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The cave is millions of years old and there are many stalagmites and stalactites that still drip. |
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In the caves there are marvellous stalactites and stalagmites, which must place these caves amongst the most beautiful in the world. |
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A rough circle of stalactites and stalagmites dominated the centre of the cave, looking for all the world like a set of stone, needle-like teeth. |
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Water vapour becomes tangible entities that look like stalactites and stalagmites. |
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The restaurant area is aglow with vibrant shades of turquoise and tangerine, while huge candles drip waxen stalactites down one wall. |
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A train steams deep into the mountainside giving tourists a closer look at huge stalactites and stalagmites. |
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The dive base lay at the foot of a steep boulder slope, overhung by a high, arched ceiling adorned with enormous stalactites. |
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It's worth walking the wooden track among the stalactites and stalagmites deep inside the hill. |
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Startled, Tobias misfired, and the arrow struck one of the stalactites that were barricading him in, rebounding off of it. |
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I'm thinking less of the huge, operatic rooms hung with stalactites, than the narrow windings that might end in a wall or a cliff or a small pool where tiny, blind fish swim. |
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Sphalerite stalactites to 15 cm in diameter and coated with crystallized marcasite and galena are reported from the Marsden prospect near Galena, Illinois. |
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Only the tops of a few mountains were left above water, and some of these became the Balearic Islands, with limestone caves full of stalagmites and stalactites. |
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Here bats, fossilised coral, stalagmites and stalactites can all be found. |
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The designs on the lower part of the structure are somewhat formal, but the upper part is a free-form mix of geodes, dripstone, and what appear to be inverted stalactites. |
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He will be fascinated to discover extraordinary formations of stalactites and stalagmites shaped only by the hands of nature. |
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A walking trail leads directly from the landing stage to the St Beatus Caves with their immense stalagmites and stalactites. |
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There are also the natural caves with their stalactites, stalagmites, columns and other decorative items. |
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The stability of stalactites and stalagmites is enormous and till now no accident has been registered in the caves. |
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Unique for the spectacular stalactites and stalagmites and the formation of needlelike crystals of aragonite, among the oldest of Europe. |
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It is lit so that visitors can fully appreciate the stalagmites and stalactites so sublimely sculpted by the hand of nature. |
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It is a huge limestone cavity abounding with stalactites and stalagmites that are scattered around three interior lakes. |
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These deposits may accumulate to form stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, helictites, cave pearls, and many other formations. |
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The interior of the tunnel is mostly bricked, with a few recently-repaired patches, and tiny lengths of chalky deposit hang down like trainee stalactites. |
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The subterranean world opens to humid walls, bats, long leg spiders, transparent insects, stalactites and stalagmites. |
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You cross between the stalactites and stalagmites as if you are on a roller coaster in a fun park. |
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A mysterious subterranean world, the kindgom of stalactites and stalagmites. |
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Then on the way I visited the Cutta Cutta Caves with its stalactites and its stalagmites in full desert! |
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Tourist attractions include the famous caves at Postojna, with their decor of stalactites and stalagmites. |
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I visited four caves by starting with Alexandra Cave which exhibits remarkable stalactites and stalagmites of a rare smoothness. |
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Near the village Pramanda, the cave of Anemotripa with stalactites and stalagmites, an underground lake and natural springs. |
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Like stalactites or rock formations or fossils on dear old Chesil beach, they are, if they are nothing else, interesting. |
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The vacant rooms at Brompton Road are hung with stalactites and light-bulbs that have been switched off for half a century. |
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Instead, within the Micio accounts have special streaks on the walls left by the passage of small lava stalactites on the recast time. |
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When visiting a cave with stalactites, they had observed that, every time a drop fell, it seemed to flash at a certain height. |
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Don't miss the show of autumnal leaves around Tumut, the place to explore the huge stalactites and thermal pool of the Yarrangobilly Caves. |
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Carburangeli is a cave that grows horizontally underground for about 400 m, stalactites and stlagmiti alternate. |
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A gigantic stone arch carved out by the Mahseur wadi from which hundreds of stalactites hang. |
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The cave is made of 3 rooms where ceilings are covered of majestic stalactites that can be seen on the surface. |
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See fossils in Mammoth Caves, mirrored underwater lakes in Lake Cave and straw stalactites in Jewel Cave. |
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A large number of stalagmites and stalactites shows that thousand of years ago, this cave must have been above sea level. |
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Originally formed by a subterranean stream, then flooded by the sea, it is a rare opportunity to dive in salt water among stalactites and stalagmites. |
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He was in a cave, stalactites and stalagmites all around him. |
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Icicles, stalactites, stalagmites, lava tubes, and some crystals may be considered cylindrical, but the rest of the nonbiotic Universe has other shapes. |
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There are fine straw stalactites, tall and graceful columns and numerous stalagmites sprouting up from the floor, with the splendid scene all carefully illuminated. |
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At Lehman Caves, sign up early for one of the guided tours through an otherworldly half mile of stalactites, stalagmites, and twisting, straw-shaped helictites. |
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Water dripped onto the cave floor from hanging purple stalactites, emerald stalagmites rose from the floor and everywhere evidence of supernatural beauty lingered. |
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This produces stalactites and related deposits in underground caves. |
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Sometimes amber retains the form of drops and stalactites, just as it exuded from the ducts and receptacles of the injured trees. |
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One of the largest accessible caves in Ireland, Aillwee contains showcase examples of columns, stalactites, straws, stalagmites and flowstones, as well as underground rivers and thunderous waterfalls. |
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This is a large, futuristic space with twenty stalactites and four stalagmites, each one with a monitor transmitting a message about different future projects mixing fact with fiction. |
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Just wear a helmet and an electrical lamp and let our experienced guides lead you into fantastic labyrinths and unique galleries full of stalactites and stalagmites. |
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During this tour you'll have the chance to experience spelunking and see the magical landscapes of stalactites and stalagmites while you swim with lamps between two cenotes, or try rappelling to test your courage. |
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Up above, drop-ceiling railings dangle like stalactites. |
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Hundreds of thousands every year clamber down through the 80 metre long access gallery into the colourful world of stalactites, stalagmites and stalagmates. |
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Several caves offer opportunities for ordinary tourists to experience the fascinating underworld of stalactites and stalagmites. |
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Here, Herzog makes the most not just of the paintings themselves, but of the lacy ripples of calcite on the ground, the stalactites that variously hang like vermicelli or ruched curtains. |
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This connection is explored in all ist facets: from the rainmaker, the gentle slipping down of the stones, via the pictures evoked of water drops and stalactites, down to the boulders that tumble downwards. |
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A guided tour reveals beautiful formations of stalactites and stalagmites and the flowing waters of the Urtxuma, a stream that runs through the caves. |
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Muqarbas are ornaments with an alveolate structure in the form of stalactites that are used to decorate domes or corbels, notably within Arab-Maghrebi architecture. |
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This same process is responsible for the formation of stalactites and stalagmites in limestone caves. |
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The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, contain stalactites and stalagmites. |
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The method they used to confirm this was dating the age of the stalactites that formed over the top of the paintings. |
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In its concert hall, adorned with thousand-year-old stalactites, as many as ten thousand people can listen to occasional music events at the same time. |
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We actually had stalactites basically hanging off a cement platform that rests on top of a large number of support pylons inside, so we knew there was a major water problem with the platform. |
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Inside the cave the tourist can admire stalactites and stalagmites, in a small lake two rare crustaceans have been living for ages: the Spelaeomysis Bottazzii and the Typhlocaris Salentina. |
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The atmosphere of the cave, the calcite crystals, the stalactites and stalagmites, the rushing water and the acoustics and lighting are a source of great fascination for young and old. |
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Have participants help you decorate the cave with soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and flowstone. |
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This produces speleothems, such as stalagmites and stalactites. |
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The cave decorations consist of stalactites, stalagmites, pillars, drapery, rimstone pools, flowstone, helictites, soda straws, and other unusual crystal formations. |
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