BRIAN & ANGELA

MAMMOUTH CAVE KENTUCKY

 

THE SIGHTS INSIDE THE CAVE ARE ~ OUT OF THIS WORLD 

 

MAMMOUTH CAVE KENTUCKY ~ Largest in the World

ALMOST  400 miles of accessible passage ways

MORE are being discovered (excavated) each year

MAMMOUTH BONES have been discovered in the cave

OVER two million Visitors each year ~ major attraction

UPPER SANDSTONE layer and underlying LIMESTONE

THERE ARE thousands of Stalactites and Stalagmites ~ Some

HAVE joined together forming very majestic Columns !

 

CAVITIES & TUNNELS are formed in the Limestone

AS WATER containing CALCIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE ~ drips

VISIBLY change to CALCIUM CARBONATE forming STALACTITES

ENDANGERED Blind Albino Cave Shrimp ~ lives in the CAVE

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love Caving ! BRIAN