| My guide, Bucky Jackson leads the way down the caves.
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| The thin formations hanging from the ceiling actually are hollowed out like straws. The longest one in the caverns is about 5 feet long.
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| The red formation on the ground looks like Lava flowing..
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| Sonora caves are active caverns, meaning that there is still water down there. When it rains above, many rivers are formed below. This is Horseshoe lake.
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| The Stalagtites in this room look like christmas trees.
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| This shot is looking up at the ceiling of what is known as Dracula's cave
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| A Helactite is a formation that jets out all over the place. No relation to the ever annoying California phrase "hella" as in "That helactite was hella sweet dude."
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| Popcorn Alley.
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| Called "Milk of Magnesia", these deposits really are made from magnesium.
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| This pile of hardened rock really looks like applesauce.
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| This rare formation looks like a sharks tail.
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| Rarer still is two next to each other resembling a butterfly.
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| When Stalagtite meets Stalagmite, a collumn is formed.
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| A sleeping monk.
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| Many openings in the cavern still contain black arrows like this one, whic were burt by cave explorers to mark the way out.
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