Eternal Kiss
By: Kai Crouse
Category: Uncategorized
| Aperture: | f/3.5 |
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| Focal Length: | 33mm |
| ISO: | 500 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
I think I actually missed Texas when I crossed the border into New Mexico. The highway from Marfa to Carlsbad is one of those desolate, endless highways you dream about on any cross country road trip.
Carlsbad Caverns were “discovered” by an uneducated cattle farmer named Jim White in 1898 when he was just 16 years old. He spent the rest of his life exploring miles and miles of underground caves armed with just a lantern and his limitless curiosity.
With so many amazing formations and pictures it was hard to choose one that I really wanted to share, but my sentimental side drew me to this one. When Jim wandered into this giant room he could not decide whether this 30 foot pillar was a column, a stalactite or a stalagmite. The two structures had grown so closely together over 5 million years that it was impossible to determine whether or not the two actually touched. Thus, he named the formation in the center of this photograph “The Eternal Kiss”. These caverns are one of the most incredible natural phenomena I have ever observed. They are a testament to the timelessness of the Earth and how ephemeral humanity really is by comparison.
Opaque Ghosts 
Sorry about Roswell…but I’m stoked you saw Carlsbad! Pretty amazing!
this would be touching except for the fact that the world is only 6,000 years old and scientists only put those 5 million year old stalagmites there to confuse us with there wicked sorcery.
Many are flown in from the dark cavern in Middle Earth where Obama was born