Moaning Cave, CA. 200 foot plus spiral staircase. Takes you to the cave bottom

Moaning Cave

• Cross section of the cave

Repel into Moaning Cave

Or Walk down

Hurricane River, Arkansas

Sink Hole in Illinois

Karst Topography in Illinois

Most common form of Stalactite…in this case-tight to the gutter

Point of Magic

Tight to the Ceiling

Stalagmite

Stalagmite, Carlsbad

Witches Finger, Carlsbad

Note the Hard Hat

Water in Caves Too

What’s Missing

Cave Wood Louse

Cave Crawfish

No light-no color-no eyes

Dracula…just a cave bat

How Bats “See”

Nap Time

Carlsbad Amp. For bat watching

Several hundred thousand emerge each night.

Bats that turn into this are found only in college towns