This picture was taken in Main Drain, the deepest cave in Utah (1200 ft deep, 9th deepest cave in the U.S.) The cave takes about twelve hours to get to the bottom and back. I took this picture about a quarter of the way through the cave and the formations featured are known as cave pearls. As the name suggests, these pearls are quite similar in composition as those found in marine oysters. Calcite deposits onto a small grain of sand that is polished by the water currents over thousands of years. Theses ones are about 1/2 inch in diameter, which is fairly large as far as pearls are concerned although the largest cave pearls in the world are close to 6" in diameter!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Something that's not baby Mason
This picture was taken in Main Drain, the deepest cave in Utah (1200 ft deep, 9th deepest cave in the U.S.) The cave takes about twelve hours to get to the bottom and back. I took this picture about a quarter of the way through the cave and the formations featured are known as cave pearls. As the name suggests, these pearls are quite similar in composition as those found in marine oysters. Calcite deposits onto a small grain of sand that is polished by the water currents over thousands of years. Theses ones are about 1/2 inch in diameter, which is fairly large as far as pearls are concerned although the largest cave pearls in the world are close to 6" in diameter!
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Super cool Lance! You be careful!
I would like a strand of those to wear to church. Could you work on that for me?
Dad Dave:
Don't even thinking about going there Cami. Lance and I had a discussion about the pearls the other night and he indicated that if he even removed one of them the other cavers in the area would make his life so difficult it would end his career as a deep earth searcher. Apparently they know where everyone of those pearls are and even have an inventory on the number in existance. It would be better for him to buy you some oyster pearls and send them to you.
I looked at the picture and thought it was intestines of some sort.
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