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English: Cave Drip
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Cave Drip
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

A droplet of water hangs from the end of a soda straw or stalactite.

A small droplet of water at the base of this soda straw (stalactite) is depositing calcite crystals that will help this fragile soda straw grow at an average rate of one inch every 100 years!

  • Keywords: nps centennial
Depicted place
English: Great Basin National Park
Date Taken on 20 November 2009
Accession number
e09c1f7a-1dd8-b71b-0ba4-8086bdb95fa8
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
GRBA
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English: Lehman Caves

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