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Shield Formations / Lehman Caves / Great Basin National Park
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1113 0170 (2013-11-01)Copyright © 2013 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Aug 5, 2013
location
Lehman Caves. Great Basin National Park (White Pine County, Nevada, US)notes These shield formations are unusual speleothems that occur abundantly at this site and less often at other caves. Shields typically consist of two round or oval parallel plates, with a thin medial crack between them, growing at all sorts of angles from the ceiling, wall or floor of the cave.keywords: geology, earth science, limestone, travertine, deposition, speleothems
camera Canon EOS 7D, 24mm, f/8.0, 1/40 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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