Lava Caves
Posted 01/04/2010 - 10:16
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I'm getting claustrophobia just looking at these photos!
It is a place my husband wanted to visit, but he knew he'd never get me into a lava tube. Even for a photo op.
I like the petroglyphs - you have caught them very well.
It is a place my husband wanted to visit, but he knew he'd never get me into a lava tube. Even for a photo op.
I like the petroglyphs - you have caught them very well.
Posted 01/04/2010 - 10:49
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AAAAAAAAAH runs away fast - I'm claustrophobic too .
Lovely pictures though, but you'll never get me there
Lovely pictures though, but you'll never get me there
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 01/04/2010 - 13:35
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Brilliant photos - shame the graffiti artists had already been there ( second shot ) lol - even a crude prehistoric tripod and a depiction of Gareth`s lamp stand - tee hee.
Was the little fella on his back lunch ??
I`m still iffy about going down the Mersey Tunnel !!
Tony
Was the little fella on his back lunch ??
I`m still iffy about going down the Mersey Tunnel !!
Tony
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Posted 01/04/2010 - 19:49
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A great set, although I'm with the others in saying I'm not sure I'd like it down there!
Tim
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Posted 02/04/2010 - 03:01
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Thanks for taking your camera to a place where the rest of us have not been, and likely would not go! Fascinating images.
Posted 04/04/2010 - 00:51
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Thanks for the comments. It was a fun trip - and the cave exploration was a lot less scary than being woken up by some sort of animal snuffling about outside our tent (pitched in the wilderness) and wondering whether it was a bear, wolf or mountain lion. Some general shots of the landscape:
Sagebrush as far as the eye can see.
The only road through the reserve.
Sagebrush as far as the eye can see.
The only road through the reserve.
Posted 04/04/2010 - 09:49
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It sounds daft I know, especially to Americans, but sagebrush is one of my favourite landscapes. Just those miles and miles of brush and heat with mountains looming on the horizon.
Makes me want to head back to the US. At least it might be a bit warmer there .
So what was it snuffling at your tent or didn't you dare take a peek?
We had a male lion wander around outside our tent in Tanzania. That was pretty nerve racking! The Maasai chased the lion off, and told us the next morning that the cook had been attacked by the same lion a week earlier .
Funnily enough the other guests at the camp moved into a lodge in the morning .
Makes me want to head back to the US. At least it might be a bit warmer there .
So what was it snuffling at your tent or didn't you dare take a peek?
We had a male lion wander around outside our tent in Tanzania. That was pretty nerve racking! The Maasai chased the lion off, and told us the next morning that the cook had been attacked by the same lion a week earlier .
Funnily enough the other guests at the camp moved into a lodge in the morning .
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We spent about 5 hours underground, and there were some worrying moments as very narrow sections of cave (with sharp spiky walls) needed to be negotiated, and towards the end, doubts began to creep in regarding whether we were headed back to the cave entrance, or deeper into the subterranean labyrinth! It was refreshing to be allowed to explore on your own, rather than with a guide. The helmet I'm wearing in my profile picture was bought from the visitor centre for the expedition.
Very foolhardy, but lots of fun.
Note the cinder cone in the landscape photo from near the cave mouth, and the Native American petraglyphs.
A truly fascinating place, and very few visitors. Pictures are taken with my old DL2 and kit lens - rather crudely processed for this post I'm afraid!