As part of my trip to visit Jacob in Virginia, we went to
the Bristol Caverns about 45
minutes outside of his town. This was a good excuse to play with my new
camera, and see if I was really any good at low-light photography...
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Old Entrance This is where the Indians used to climb in to escape the people they'd just raided. There didn't used to be bars there.
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New Entrance Found by some farmer, apparently.
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New Entrance, II There didn't used to be a door there either.
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Hot Chicks Two Swedish teenagers were along for the tour. They were shockingly attractive, and chaperoned...
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In the Cave Here I learn to take low-light pictures. Not too bad for a first shot.
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In the Cave, II I love shots where you can't tell if you're upside down or not.
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Interesting Formations I think this is the one where the main stalactite had fallen off a few decades before, and now it's slowly reforming.
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Lots of Minerals Still not bad for as long of an exposure as it was.
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Egg Formations Geology is neat!
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Our Tour It's a good indication of scale.
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Tour Guide That's a big rock.
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Even More Columns The tour guide was telling us about the arrowheads the Indians used to chip off at this point. I should tell you stories like that.
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Minerals Again Once upon a time, there was a family of minerals named Fredrique.
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Yet More Minerals Fredrique was a very lonely family of minerals, but didn't know where else to turn.
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Rocks, Rocks, Rocks, and a Head And so the family petitioned for a river to flow through them...
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Ceiling and Stairs Millions of them were killed. However, a cave opened up, allowing them to be visited by hundereds of visitors every week, and they were no longer lonely. The end.
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