Different types of speleothems | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 9 February 2020
Posted on: Saturday 2 July 2022
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Vegetation wall

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

Welcome sign to the info center

Less than 1 million years ago

Almost a column

Different types of speleothems

Steam running through the caves

Many stalactites still forming today

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

See the drops on the stalactites?

Spout of water flowing out

A spring flowing through the caves

It's all about water...

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

The minerals forming a flowstone

Barbados is not a volcanic island

Small vertical flowstone

How did Harrison Cave form?

What is a karst?

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Many new stalactites

Great stalactites

Down we go on the tram

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

The formation starts here

In the last 120,000 years

Sharp looking stalactites

120,000 Years Ago

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

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