Natural Bridge Caverns - Gallery

Gallery

  • The natural bridge outside the cave entrance.

  • Flowstone is a dominant feature of the caverns.

  • The cave contains large, switchbacked descents and ascents.

  • The only living plant in the cave -- a small fern. The spores were believed to have been tracked in on a workers clothing, then germinated next to a light.

  • Flowstone ceiling over a switchback.

  • Tall, thin stalagmites and columns.

  • More tall, thin stalagmites.

  • A large column.

  • Closeup of flowstone.

  • A large room full of speleothems

  • The King's Throne - a large stalagmite.

  • Water on calcite shimmers in the cave's lighting.

  • "Grendel's Canyon"

  • The ascent out of the cavern contains more massive rooms.

  • The view back into the cavern from near the exit.

  • Formations

  • Pluto's Anteroom

  • Cave Entrance

  • Cave Entrance

  • The Chandelier - In the Castle of the White Giants

  • Pluto's Anteroom

  • Valley of the Fallen Lords

  • The Watchtower

  • Grendel's Canyon

  • Mount of the Landlord - In the Castle of the White Giants

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