insurgence
More stalactites, this time further up. Because of the low light levels I didn't get good photos of the most spectacular formations, dense inverted forests of dolomite. In places the entire ceiling was a carpet of delicate spikes and baggy columns.
the mountain breathing
Stalactites in one of the lower chambers.
beyond
A dark and long descent through step craggy passage, steel underfoot, into the expansive vault and perpetual nine degrees of the Newdegate Cave.