This is a picture of the Rotunda Room in Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave is found in Central Kentucky, and is the largest cave system known in the world. This cave developed in thick lime stone strata capped by a layer of sandstone which makes this cave system remarkably stable. Features found inside of Mammoth Cave are stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, columns, helictites, travertine dams and several types of gypsum formations.Thursday, October 27, 2011
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
This is a picture of the Rotunda Room in Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave is found in Central Kentucky, and is the largest cave system known in the world. This cave developed in thick lime stone strata capped by a layer of sandstone which makes this cave system remarkably stable. Features found inside of Mammoth Cave are stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, columns, helictites, travertine dams and several types of gypsum formations.
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