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| Dripping Water |  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
There are three examples of speleothems formed by dripping water listed below: Soda Straws, Stalactites, and Stalagmites.
| Soda Straws: | |
| This is a picture of a soda straw with a drip of water. You can actually see how the water is working to make the soda straw bigger.  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
This picture shows a stalagtite with soda straw hanging at the end in Hidden Cave. Dripping water made BOTH of those beautiful decorations!  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
| Stalactites: | |
| This picture is of a stalagtite in Carlsbad Cavern, it shows one of the many variations of shapes that stalactites can take. |
This picture of a stalactite in Hidden Cave shows the ripples of where the water aided in the formation of the speleothem.  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
| This is a picture of stalactites in Lower Cave, Carlsbad Cavern. The coloration (they kind of look like snow) shows how speleothems can be made of different kinds of minerals.  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
This is a picture of stalactites in Carlsbad Cavern. These stalactites look a lot more jagged and crazy than the others, just another variation of a stalactite!  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
| Stalagmites: | |
| This is another picture of a stalagmite in the Hall of the White Giant in Carlsbad Cavern. Notice how the shape and size of the two stalagmites are very different.  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
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| This is a picture of a stalagmite surrounded by flowstone (another formation helped by water) in Lower Cave in Carlsbad Cavern. This stalagmite is MUCH different than the other stalagmites from the Hall of the White Giant in the same cave...I wonder why?  Click on the Picture for Larger Image |
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