Hidden Cave pool finger trip. 2004-07-30

Participants: Kenneth Ingham, Kevin Glover, Leslie Melim, Diana Northup, Neil Shannon, and Susan Herpin.

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Pool HC 704-03, room shot with Neil Shannon, Kevin Glover and Diana Northup.	In pool 704-03, Showing water line of pool, modern shallow pool (full of water), and "lily pad" blocks with kobs and pool fingers. Note broken "lily pad" to left of figure with near vertical face facing pool. This block contains both tilted fingers (pre-break) and vertical fingers (post-break) Leslie Melim.


Entrance into pool 704-04 with Neil Shannon. He is sitting on the shelfstone that forms top surface of pool.	Entrance into pool 704-04 with Neil Shannon. He is sitting on the shelfstone that forms top surface of pool.


Soda straw with drip on end that contains filament with beads of mineral.	Same straw, different moment in time and exposure.


View inside Pool HC 704-04. Close up of pool wall showing knobby wall coating.	Same pool showing pool water line. Note later dripstone.


Water line with knobby pool spar coating stalactites. Note rafts against wall. Baby pool fingers present but hard to see (see closer views below).	Same area, closer, baby pool fingers now visible.


Same area, closer yet.	Same area, even closer.


Same area, closest view of baby pool fingers	Pine cone close up. These extend out from wall in pool with very small attachments to wall. They are 3-5 cm in diameter.


Rafts setting against the pool wall, coated in later pool knobs.	Pool line showing as "lion tail" on stalactites.


Pool HC 704-04, closer view showing sunken rafts just below former water line.	View inside Pool HC 704-04, water line, sunken rafts, cave formations.


Close-up of layer of smoother knobs right with more bulbous knobs a little deeper. Ring for scale. Note rafts in upper left and baby pool fingers (a.k.a. drippies) hanging from lower knobs and from slight overhang in upper center.	Same area, closer


Same area, still closer, just upper baby pool finger line.	Same place, lower baby pool fingers off knobs, also rafts.


Same as previous photo, close up of rafts. Baby fingers in the background.	Same area, focus on the baby pool fingers this time.


Same area, close up of u-loops.	Still pool 704-03, wall detail: rafts, knobs, water line, baby fingers. Ring for scale


Same area, closer view of rafts	Same area, different rafts.


Pool 704-03, u-loops	Same area as previous photo, more of the surrounding area is visible.


Same pool, base of overhang showing transition to smoother pool spar on floor.	Pool 704-03, base of overhang showing transition to smoother pool spar on floor.


Same area, stalactite with helictite.	Undescribed pool area, near "Lily pad" room with tower coral.


Tower coral, 5-10 cm high.	Closer view of the tower coral.


Tower coral growing off smooth rock.	Tower coral pool, general area, note baby pool fingers (drippies) in background.


Large area of rimstone dams near entrance. Large "China Wall" nearly filled with water; note cool reflections. Neil Shannon for scale.	Large area of rimstone dams near entrance. Large "China Wall" nearly filled with water; note cool reflections. Neil Shannon for scale. Used in the 2008 edition of the Cave and Karst studies brochure for the program at New Mexico Tech.