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Bluffs line the sides of Jacks Fork River. |
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Hal Baker, David Hoffman, Sam Clippinger, and (sitting) Gary Johnson at the bluff entrance to Hospital Cave. |
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At Hospital Cave, Hal Baker points out the chert layer to Gary Johnson.
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Sam Clippinger rehearses a musical number at the mouth of Blue Spring. |
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Sam Clippinger near the entrance to Baptizing Hole Spring Cave. |
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Flowstone covers the left wall of the entrance room to Baptizing Hole Spring Cave. Because sunlight reaches this room, moss now grows on the flowstone. |
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Jeff Page at the waterfall in Baptizing Hole Spring Cave. |
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Sam Clippinger stands before a wall of flowstone in Baptizing Hole Spring Cave. |
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The entrance room of Jam Up Cave. Notice the small human figure in the left foreground. The ceiling height exceeds 80 feet. |
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A view toward the mouth of Jam Up Cave from within the cave's entrance room. |
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Sam Clippinger and Gary Johnson explore the upper level of Jam Up Cave. A deep stream passes in front of them. |
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A view from within the sinkhole entrance of Jam Up Cave. |
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The sinkhole entrance to Jam Up Cave is steep but easily negotiated. |
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Water spills over a series of small rimstone dams in the pit entrance of Jam Up Cave. |
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A close-up of the small rimstone dams in the pit entrance of Jam Up Cave. |
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The caving/float-trip group rests at the mouth of Meeting House Cave. |
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An impressive stalactite/stalagmite pair from Bear Cave. |
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Flowstone covers many of the walls in Bear Cave. |
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More flowstone and formations in Bear Cave |
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A column in Bear Cave. |
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More formations in Bear Cave. |
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A cave salamander tries to hide in a clay bank in Bear Cave. |
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David Hoffman, Hal Baker, Sam Clippinger, and Gary Johnson in the entrance room to Bear Cave. Pot hunter holes scar the floor of this room. |
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Flowstone in the upper level of Barn Hollow Spring Cave. |
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Many of the formations in Big Barn Hollow Cave are marked by ridges that resemble varicose veins. |
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More formations from Big Barn Hollow Cave. Notice the crack-like ridges on the rightside formation. |
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More formations from Big Barn Hollow Cave. |
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Formations line the top of a stalactiflat from Big Barn Hollow Cave. |
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A profuse collection of sodastraws and stalagmites line this ledge in Big Barn Hollow Cave. |
