Stalactite Diversity At The Camuy Cave System
by Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Stalactite Diversity At The Camuy Cave System
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Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Photograph - Photography
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Mystery ... Beauty ... Surrealism ... Geometry ... All mingled in the abstract characteristics of this photograph of stalactites dripping from the ceiling next to the entrance of the Caverns of Camuy in Puerto Rico. The surrealistic characteristic of this image gives the impression that one is looking into a different world, the same that was explored by the Taino Indians, who were Puerto Rico's first inhabitants, hundreds of years ago. The term stalactite comes from the Greek word stalasso meaning "to drip" or " that which drips". They are a type of secondary mineral that hangs from the ceiling of limestone caves. Stalactites are a a type of dripstone. The Caverns of Camuy are the third largest cave system in the world and one of the most popular attractions in Puerto Rico. Actually, the complex cave system is the central attraction of The Camuy River Cave Park or Parque de las Cavernas del Rio Camuy. This park is located between three municipalities in northwestern Puerto Rico: Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares; the principal entrance to the park being at Quebrada, Camuy. The Camuy River Cave Park is 268 acres and its great subterranean caverns were carved out by the Camuy River more than one million years ago. The trails, which allow local and worldwide visitors to enter and observe the subterranean natural marvel, are maintained impeccably gently descending 200 feet through a fern-filled ravine to the yawning, cathedral-like caverns. When one enters into the Camuy Cavers, there is a feeling or sense of being transported to another, hidden surreal world full splendid geometrical naturally formed structures. The cavern system was rediscovered in 1958 and was first documented in the 1973 book Discovery At The Rio Camuy (ISBN 0-517-50594-0) by Russell and Jeanne Gurnee.
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March 10th, 2013
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