Epperson's Cave Cave 2008-01-09

Participants: Penny Boston, Diana Northup, Matt Garcia, Monica Moya, Fred Stone, Mike Spilde

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Braided section of cave	Tube section (right portion of braided section)


Tube section (right portion of braided section)	Monica and a lava helectite


Monica and a lava helectite	Monica and a lava helectite


Matt and a lava helectite	Tube section (left portion of braided section)


Fred and a place where the larvae (Limoniidae Dicranomyia cf. jacoba) track crosses a crack	Matt and colorful minerals entering the cave


Matt and colorful minerals entering the cave	Matt and lava helectites


Matt and lava helectites	Pink microbial colonies


Pink microbial colonies	Pink microbial colonies on a lava formation This photo is on p. 71 of Caves of Fire: Inside America's Lava Tubes by Dave Bunnell, National Speleological Society, 2008.


Monica lit by reflected light	Lava helectites and Monica (Matt in bg holding flash)


Lava helectites and Monica	Matt and drippy lava, lava helectite


Matt and drippy lava, lava helectite	Mike and lava spires


Mike and lava spires	Mike and lava spires


Mike looking at lava	Matt, lava formations, and gold microbial colonies


Matt, lava formations, and gold microbial colonies	Monica and lava formations


Lava drip covered with microbial slime	Lava drip covered with microbial slime This photo is on p. 71 of Caves of Fire: Inside America's Lava Tubes by Dave Bunnell, National Speleological Society, 2008.


Lava drip covered with microbial slime, water droplet falling This photo came in second (got a blue ribbon) at the 2008 NSS print salon.	Detail of the colorful minerals from img_0296


Detail of the colorful minerals from img_0296	Detail of the colorful minerals from img_0296


Detail of the colorful minerals from img_0296	Detail of the colorful minerals from img_0296


Braided section of cave