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Things To Do: BIG ROOM SELF GUIDED TOUR
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  • Written by Sharrie on Feb 25, 2003
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    • BIG ROOM SELF GUIDED TOUR: Tour the 14 acre chamber of gigantic formations with a roof of almost 200+ feet above ground! A well-paved 1 mile stroll took us about 2 hours or so to complete. One has a choice of descending over 750 feet through the Natural Entrance Route on feet which will take about 1 hour of strenuous walk on steep trail or take the elevator to the Underground Lunch Room & continue to the Big Room from there. For those with limited time to explore the caverns, take the elevator like we did.

    The Big Room:
    * Largest natural limestone chamber in the U.S.
    * Length = 4000 feet.
    * Width = 625 feet.
    * Greatest Ceiling Height = 255 feet.
    * Area = 57 acres.

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    Directions: 750 feet below ground.
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    Things To Do: TEMPLE OF THE SUN - BIG ROOM
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    • Temple of The Sun: Located in the big room, this formation is named because of its resemblance to an altar in an ancient temple of the gods.

    Height of column = 25 feet!

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    Things To Do: HALL OF GIANTS
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    • In the Hall of Giants, we came across this interesting formation. In the Hall of Giants, there's 3 huge stalagmites. Due to its distance from the trail & the darkness of the room, I didn't managed to capture it on films. If you are interested in how it looks like, please proceed to my travelogue section where there is a postcard of the Hall.

    Stalagmites are created when water falls from the ceiling of the cave. Curved ceilings are one of the features of the Big Room. Massive formations found in this hall are due to water falling quickly over long distances & splashing over large area.

    Giant Dome is in the shape of a column & was formed when a stalagmite & stalactite met. It is the tallest formation with a height of 60 feet & a base circumference of 100 feet!


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    Things To Do: Stalactites
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    • Stalactites create this formation which are mostly made up of calcium. Its coloring is white with hues of yellow derived from sulphur while red derived from iron oxide.

    Unlike other caves in the world, there are no colored lights in this caverns.

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    Things To Do: Imagination
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    • A wonderland of all sorts... it's all up to your own imagination!

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    Things To Do: Ann
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    • Here's Ann with another unique formation.

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    Things To Do: The Giant Chandelier
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    • The Giant Chandelier.

    Made of ribbon staclactites. Created from water which dripped from the surface into the cavern & thereby deposited rings of calcite on the ceiling. Guess how long ago that was?

    Ans.: 800,000 years ago!

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    Jim_Eliason Sun Apr 30, 2006 22:44 UTC
     great tips    		AlbuqRay Thu Jul 1, 2004 02:09 UTC
     Carlsbad Caverns is an amazing place. I enjoy it everytime I go, although it was nicer when they had human guides. You got some excellent pictures under difficult lighting conditions.
    Pawtuxet Wed Jan 22, 2003 13:02 UTC
     Exquisite natural wonder.    		brdwtchr Mon Dec 16, 2002 03:49 UTC
     I've always wanted to see those bats there. Good cave pictures.
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