Geology of National Parks

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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Map of Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
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Walnut Canyon near entrance   Chihuahuan Desert plants.   Natural Entrance
Walnut Canyon near entrance   Chihuahuan Desert plants.   Natural Entrance
Natural Entrance   Column and stalagmites   Travertine flowstone
Natural Entrance   Column and stalagmites   Travertine flowstone
Helictites   Alcove in Big Room   The Big Room
Helictites   Alcove in the Big Room   The Big Room
The Big Room   The Big Room   Massive stalagmites
The Big Room   The Big Room   Massive stalagmites
Column and other speleothems   Speleothems with helictites   A column and other speleothems
A column and other speleothems   Speleothems with helictites   A column and other speleothems
Stalactites and stalagmites   Stalagmite and stalactites   Massive stalagmites
Stalactites and stalagmites   Stalagmite and stalactites   Massive stalagmites
The Big Room   Stalactites and stalagmites   Alcove in the Big Room
The Big Room   Stalactites and stalagmites   Alcove in the Big Room
Alcoves in the Big Room   Stalactites and columns
Stalactites and columns
  Massive stalgmites
Massive stalagmites
Alcoves in the Big Room
The Big Room
The Big Room        
Delaware Basin wildflowers   Slaugher Canyon  

See these other cavern sites:
Mammoth Cave National Park
Great Basin National Park
Mitchell Caverns in Mojave NP
Wind Cave
Jewel Cave
See the lava tubes at:
Lava Beds National Monument
Hawaii Volcanoes NP
Mojave National Preserve

Delaware Basin wildflowers   Slaughter Canyon  

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Click here to learn more about Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/cave).

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located in the northeast end of the Guadalupe Mountains and parts of the northern Delaware Basin. Click here to learn more about the geology of the region through the Guadalupe Mountains National Park website.

See selected references about Carlsbad and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks.

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This website contains images produced from stereo photo pairs that were manipulated into anaglyphs (3D images). You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3D visual effects. Photgraphy on this website was taken in 2005.

This page is <https://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/gonp/cave/>
Last modified 8/17/2010

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