Australia Gallery 3: Jenolan Caves
Elaborate stalactites, stalagmites, and helictites (check these out!) adorn a maze of underground chambers.
9 Photographs
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My guide, Margaret Commins, who arranged my tours of the caves, poses under some wisteria.
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The wisteria from close up. Have you noticed I’m a sucker for close-up shots of flowers?! (You haven’t seen the last of them yet!)
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Inside the Orient Cave, a particularly ornamental cave, the variety of different formations is staggering!
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These stalactites are easily thousands of years old.
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Helictites swirl around and build sideways for inexplicable reasons. There are many theories, but no one can say for sure why they do this!
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The monster of all stalagmites - the Pillar of Hercules - is over 50 feet tall!
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The deep colors make the Orient Cave one of the more photogenic.
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Even outside, some stalactites have formed over this natural archway.
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Didn’t I tell you I wasn’t done yet with close-ups of flowers?! If they’re pretty, I’ll shoot ‘em wherever I find ‘em (even if I don’t know what they are)!