The minerals forming a flowstone | Bigkitty Gallery

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Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

120,000 Years Ago

Sharp looking stalactites

In the last 120,000 years

The formation starts here

Great stalactites

Down we go on the tram

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Many new stalactites

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

What is a karst?

How did Harrison Cave form?

Small vertical flowstone

Barbados is not a volcanic island

The minerals forming a flowstone

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

It's all about water...

A spring flowing through the caves

2 stalagmites...the large one has be cut to show it's layers

Many stalactites still forming today

See the drops on the stalactites?

Spout of water flowing out

Steam running through the caves

Different types of speleothems

Less than 1 million years ago

Almost a column

Welcome sign to the info center

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Vegetation wall

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