The colors of the Cave (explored Jul 16, 2019)

            Ok, maybe the colors inside the cave are not natural.  I am so pleased with the many places that LED technology is changing our lives.  This revolution in lighting is not getting the credit it deserves!  Here they can add more lighting with no heat or other complications that lighting a cave can bring.  

My family are suckers for a cave.  We actually visited Great Basin National Park largely to see these caves.  These are Lehman Caves.  Normally a cave is far less interesting or even fun if it has to be a tour (as opposed to roaming free within the cave). This is especially true for photography, where everything needs to be by tripod.  A tour is simply not that conducive to stopping and taking your time with an image.  So this set of caves already had a long way to go to win our love.  But, WOW.  These ended up winning our hearts for sure.  This cave system was second only to Carlsbad Cavers for us.  At least as far as walkway-lighted-mass-of-people caves were concerned (we still have a soft spot for un-named natural caves too).  The tour went slow enough to allow some slow photography, which was great.  But the cool part was the narrow walkways that weaved between stalagmites, stalactites, columns, cave straws, cave bacon, cave popcorn, and unique to this cave, cave shields.  You can see one of these just above the blue area in this image.  Nerds?  Yes, but excited to see cave shields?  YES.   

This image is a blend to tame the highlights.  Always a problem with lit caves.  I will be posting more form this cave for certain.  Stay tuned.

Taken in: United States / Nevada / Snake Mining District (show map)

Taken on: July 15, 2019

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