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Mysterious Life of Caves

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Boulder Falls
The long passage the cavers discovered that fateful day in 1986 ended at an overhanging abyss. Using ropes, the cavers rappeled 150 feet down through this hole, which they named in honor of the loose stones it shed as they rappeled down. Shot within a field of view of about six inches, these cave pearls found in Boulder Falls were just a taste of what was to come deeper in the cave.

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