Absolutely Spectacular Cave Formations! by bluepanda

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Absolutely Spectacular Cave Formations!

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<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87030.jpg">(source)</a></p>
<p>Today I want to share the beauty that is found in caves. I typically would not want to be inside a cave because I just feel like I will get extremely agitated and feel like at any moment the cave will just collapse on top of me! However, these amazing cave formations might have changed my outlook about caves and have actually made me really want to go see them face-to-face!</p>
<p>How caves are formed: https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87029.jpg</p>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87029.jpg">(source)</a></p>
<p>Caves can take millions of years to form and obviously come in many different shapes and sizes.&nbsp;There are numerous types of caves such as <strong>glacier caves, fracture caves, sea caves, anchialine caves, eolian caves, solutional caves, lava caves </strong>and<strong> talus caves.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>Cave formations are called speleothems and are usually formed in &nbsp;limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. The formations form when acidic water dissolves a mineral called calcite, which then seeps through the cracks creating these gorgeous cave formations. Stalactite forms on the ceiling of the cave and stalagmite forms on the ground.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Humidity, how much water is flowing through the soil, temperature, how much carbon dioxide is in the soil, precipitation, and the amount of plant life is on the surface play a very important role when caves form.</p>
<p>A speleologist is someone who studies caves, which actually seems like an interesting and fun job to have but also dangerous .&nbsp;</p>
<h2><strong>List of the most spectacular cave formations:&nbsp;</strong></h2>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Giant selenite crystals in Mexico -&nbsp;https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87034.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87034.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Breezeway Cave in Colorado -&nbsp;https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87028.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87028.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Cave pearls - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87035.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87035.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Boxwork cave - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87041.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87041.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Shelfstone cave - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87037.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87037.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Helictites cave - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87040.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87040.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Ice Caverns - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87044.jpg https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87042.jpg &nbsp;this has to be my absolute favourite cave formation EVER!&nbsp;</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href=" https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87044.jpg"><strong>&nbsp;(source)</strong></a><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87042.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Flowstone aka Bacon cave - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87033.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87033.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Frostwork cave - https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87032.jpg &nbsp;https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87036.jpg</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87036.jpg"><strong>(source) </strong></a><a href="https://imgoat.com/uploads/a38a4a9316/87032.jpg"><strong>(source)</strong></a></p>
<h2><strong>Cave facts:&nbsp;</strong></h2>
<ul>
  <li><em>Caves tend to have very rare animals and plants in them.&nbsp;</em></li>
  <li><em>The largest cave in the world is in Vietnam and called Hang Son Doong. This cave shockingly has its own forests and clouds in it! Yup, forests and clouds!</em></li>
  <li><em>The humidity in limestone caves is usually near 100%!</em></li>
  <li><em>Mammoth cave is located in Kentucky and just so happens to be the longest cave in the world! It is 246.010 miles long.&nbsp;</em></li>
  <li><em>Touching an active cave formation will cause it to die, so stay away!</em></li>
  <li><em>Caves can be destroyed quite easily when people, lighting. bacteria and air enters them.</em></li>
  <li><em>Bell witch cave is a cave that is supposedly haunted.&nbsp;</em></li>
</ul>
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