man & nature # 148 ~ below the surface of things
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:17AM 
Howe Caverns - stuff on the ceiling • click to embiggen
man & nature # 149 • click to embiggen
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man & nature # 153 • click to embiggen
man & nature # 154 • click to embiggenDuring our trip down to the Southern Tier of NY State for now former college boy's graduation ceremony, the wife, Hugo, his bother, and I stopped at Howe Caverns.
The caverns are a 180 ft. elevator ride down under the surface where the temperature is 54˚F year round. It's an interesting place in and of itself so I don't understand why the place is illuminated by colored lights. The net effect of that situation is that it's nearly impossible to see the natural colors of the various formations and growths but I guess that's show biz.
On a picturing note - thanks to the techno-geeks for in-camera image stabilization. It was very dark and most of my pictures were made handheld with a shutter speed in the 1/3 - 1/4 second range. Most people were picturing with flash - notice the flash illumination on the cavern wall in man & nature # 154 - but that's no way to capture the ambiance of the place.
Reader Comments (1)
That uppermost image (the big one) is amazing Mark. I feel like I am gazing at the wall of the earth's innards. And it's really beautiful....