Stalactites At The Entrance To Las Cuevas De Camuy
by Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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Stalactites At The Entrance To Las Cuevas De Camuy
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Sandra Pena de Ortiz
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The beauty and mystery of nature displayed in this photograph of the stalactites greeting the entrance of Las Cuevas de Camuy in Camuy, Puerto Rico, the third largest cave system in the world and one of the most popular attractions in the island. These stalactites are dressed and beautified by the natural vegetation that grows at the entrance of these wondrous caves. 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. Las Cuevas de Camuy as they are popularly known in the island of Puerto Rico are comprised by a complex cave system that is the central attraction of The Camuy River Cave Park or Parque de las Cavernas del Rio Camuy. This park 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 cave system was explored by the Taino Indians, who were Puerto Rico's first inhabitants. 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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