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Sunday, October 22, 2017

How Does a Pristine Cavern Look? Black Chasm Provides a Clue

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Some things can only be experienced once. The discovery of a new plant or animal that no one has ever seen, a new mineral, a new planet in...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

The Sequoia Underground: An Exploration of Crystal Cave

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It's true that Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park can hardly be described as a wild cave. Since its discovery in 1918 and its devel...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Where are the Ten Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood? My Number 4: What is it like to be the first person ever to see a cavern?

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Can you imagine flashing a light in a dark corner of a cavern, knowing that you are the first human being ever to lay eyes on the formatio...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Sierra Nevada Underground: Into the Black Chasm

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California is full of delightful geological surprises. Mention "caverns" and most Americans will think of places like Mammoth Ca...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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