Carlsbad Caverns Big Room: A Hidden World
Carlsbad Caverns is a national park in New Mexico. A surreal world lies hidden 750 feet below.
The natural entrance is the doorway to this amazing world.
The 1.25 mile trail is steep with lots of switchbacks!
The Natural Entrance Trail leads to the Big Room. This massive cavern is full of formations of many shapes and sizes.
The Big Room Trail is 1.25 miles long, but level.
The Big Room lives up to its name!
Water slowly dripping onto limestone for over 500,000 years has created beautiful cave formations.
Some formations are ornate and delicate. Others are massive.
Stalactites grow down from the ceiling. Stalagmites grow up from the ground.
Amazingly, the temperature remains constant at 56 degrees Fahrenheit.
You can see treasures like Mirror Lake in The Big Room.
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