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stalactite and stalagmite
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How stalactites and stalagmites form in caves
Creation of caves by groundwater.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Stalactites and stalagmites in the Queen's Chamber, Carlsbad Caverns National Park,...
NPS Photo by Peter Jones
Stalactites and other formations, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah, U.S.
Courtesy of the National Park Service
Stalagmites in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Peter Jones/NPS Photo
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: stalagmite
A visitor observing a stalagmite along the Natural Entrance Trail in Carlsbad Caverns...
Peter Jones/U.S. National Park Service
Cross section of a cave.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mammoth Cave National Park
Stalactites hanging in Mammoth Cave National Park, west-central Kentucky.
©zrfphoto—iStock/Getty Images
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Stalagmites and stalactites inside Carlsbad Caverns, located in the Guadalupe Mountains...
© Mariusz S. Jurgielewicz/Shutterstock.com
Kromdraai
Stalactite and stalagmite formations in the Wonder Cave, Kromdraai, South Africa.
Rudolph Botha
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