Outside the cave, ragu, Diana and Penny doing research, geology, and arthropod cave life. 2001-12-17

Participants: Migelangel XXX, Diana Northup, Mike Spilde, Penny Boston

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Mike Spilde at the Villa Luz boat dock, about to head up to the cave.	Diana Northup, Mike Spilde, and Penny Boston wearing masks and about to enter the cave.


Tarantula in Ragu passage. Diana Northup flash assistant.	Biovermiculations in ragu passage. Note blue color. This one has a scale, but also hot spot from a light. Diana Northup flash assistant.


Snottites, gypsum crystals, and ochre biovermiculations in the Ragu passage. Diana Northup flash assistant.	Red clay deposits in the Ragu passage, sharpie for scale.


Closer view of the red clay deposits in the Ragu passage, sharpie for scale.	Even closer view of the red clay deposits in the Ragu passage.


Shark-tooth corrosion with rimstone dams, snottites and amblypygid in the Ragu passage. Mike Spilde flash assistant.	Amblypygid on rock in the Ragu passage.


Spider web, snottites and gypsum paste in the Ragu passage. Mike Spilde flash assistant.	Penny Boston and Diana taking pH or ORP measurement in the Ragu passage. Mike Spilde flash assistant


Closer view of the diving beetle in the Ragu passage.	Green stuff on rock in the Ragu passage. This part of the cave gets no sunlight (i.e. this is not algae). Putative sulfur biofilm.


Layered gypsum in the Ragu passage. Diana Northup flash assistant.	Spiders in burrows in the red clay deposits in the Ragu passage. Diana Northup flash assistant.


Diving beetle on Penny Boston's hand.	Sulphur on the ceiling at entrance to the Ragu passage. Diana's hand for scale.


Mike Spilde looking at the white water.	Mike Spilde walking back from the cave.


``Cueva de la Sardina'' sign; about halfway to the cave from the boat dock.	Miguelangel in the front of the boat, heading up the Rio Almandro to the cave.