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Picture of the Big Room in Carlsbad Cavern
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Caves can be found all over the United States. The American Geophysical Institute has produced this map of karst and pseudokarst regions in the U.S. :

Link to: http://www.agiweb.org/environment/karstmap.pdf

Just think something like this picture of the Big Room in Carlsbad Cavern...

Picture of the Big Room in Carlsbad Cavern
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could be right under your feet!

And New Mexico is very fortunate to have all kinds of caves, like limestone, gypsum, and lava tube caves.

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