Column Speleothem (click to enlarge)

One last image from the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns.  This is a column speleothem (or cave formation to us non-scientists) from Carlsbad Caverns.  Unlike stalactites and stalagmites, a column speleothem reaches from the cavern’s floor to ceiling.

This column has many interesting features such as scrolls in the upper left, and what look like roots, or inverted jellyfish along the left.

Carlsbad Caverns: N32 10 38.97 W104 26 34.32