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opticoverload:

Rumbling Falls Cave, Tennessee - Far from the light of day, cavers illuminate the 4 acre, 350 foot high Rumble Room.

High-res Notes: 20 8/25/12 — 12:36pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxS6mBav Filed under: #geology #cave

opticoverload:

Blue Cave, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

High-res Notes: 233 8/19/12 — 12:44pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxRk5PZw Filed under: #geology #cave

opticoverload:

Exploring Tham Lod Cave - Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand | image by john spies

High-res Notes: 36 8/9/12 — 12:41pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxR44SLO Filed under: #geology #nature #cave #stalactites #stalagmites #caves #Tham Lod Cave

vena-nicea:

Hang Son doong cave, Vietnam - the worlds biggest cave

Notes: 17 5/29/12 — 5:01pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxMNU1ZD Filed under: #geology #Grand Canyon #cave #hang son doong cave

fyeahuniverse:

^{Karst Cave, China}

^{Looking like a science fiction movie set these amazing caves were created by an underground river. They have become a popular tourist attraction, and have an interesting history as an air raid shelter during World War II}

^{^{(Image by Raymond Gehman)}}

High-res Notes: 169 5/28/12 — 12:13pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxMIc9Uq Filed under: #geology #Karst Cave #cave

fyeahuniverse:

^{Glacier Caving}

^{300 feet into the Greenland ice sheet, these glacier cavers rappel into mammoth caves which are formed when geothermal vents or meltwater cut into the ice. The Greenland ice sheet covers 80% of Greenland and would rise global sea levels 7.2m if it were to melt.}

^{^{(Image via National Geographic)}}

High-res Notes: 231 5/24/12 — 7:21pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxM4YmnY Filed under: #geology #greenland ice sheet #cave #glacier

geoscienceworld:

Inside a lava cave (von SparkyLeigh)

Notes: 312 4/26/12 — 9:40pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxKOdaGU Filed under: #geology #volcano #lava #cave #volcanism #volcanology #lava cave

allthingsgeography:

Cave stalactites

High-res Notes: 4 3/15/12 — 9:43pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxI2vNEP Filed under: #geology #cave #stalactites #limestone