Two from Innerspace Caverns

[Roger]

In 1963, a core drilling team was taking samples for I-35. ; 40 feet underground their drill bit broke into a massive air space, surprising the team when the drill bit then dropped to the ground in the air space....

So the skinniest guy on the team was lowered through a hole less than 3 ft in diameter, and found Innerspace Caverns, apparently the 4th largest cavern in Texas.

Usually around 72 degrees, 90% humidity. ; No tripods allowed, and portions of the cavern have flooded at times...and is also the home of prehistoric sinkholes - they have recovered the bones of many prehistoric animals here after they got trapped in the sinkhole, dropped into the cavern, pitch black, with no food.



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[Coo1eo]

Very Cool. I find caves to be so Fascinating. Great story on the discovery of this.

 

[Scottwdw]

Roger, woud you give us the Exif data on those shots and the lens you used? Thanks! ;

The colors are beautiful and the formations very erie. ; I would not have wanted to be the guy that was first lowered down. ; Might have been a real Lost World down there. ;

 

[Craig]

Cool!
I like the lighting effects.
nice shots Roger!

 

[prettypixie]

Great colors!

 

[Roger]

Roger, woud you give us the Exif data on those shots and the lens you used? Thanks! ;

The colors are beautiful and the formations very erie. ; I would not have wanted to be the guy that was first lowered down. ; Might have been a real Lost World down there. ;

50/1.4D

First one was ISO 1600, f/2, 1/100, no EV adj

Second was...the same!

 

[Roger]

Here's one from a "dig site" ; (not active, they left the setup there for show, they quit digging after they kept finding the same 50 animals' bones over and over....)

A closer view at some soda straws:

 

[prettypixie]

That is amazing! This place seems so cool. Is it seriously cramped spaces or is there a lot of room to move around?

 

[Roger]

The main tour is designed for almost everybody...there are one or two places where the hallway is only about 5, 5.5 ft tall, so I had to duck. ; They do offer other tours of the cavern that isn't as easy to get to.

 

[Roger]

Few more:

Right below this formation is a natural low spot in the cavern, which flooded enough to swim in 2 years ago during the high rains - so they had to shut down half the tour, and allowed employees to swim.

Moon Lake:

This is actually the end of the standard tour, where you have to turn around and go back.