KANE CAVES IMAGES

Click on photographs to see the full image. Photos were taken by A.S. Engel (aengel@geol.lsu.edu) (unless indicated otherwise) and
permission needs to be requested to reproduce these images.

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 Left: Lower Kane Cave, May 1999. This is the Iron Pool area described by Egemeier (1981).

Right: Lower Kane Cave, August 2000. The same Iron Pool area, with up to approximately 5-10 cm of water covering the cave floor.

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 Left: Extremely thick orange-red microbial mats near Lower Spring, August 2000. Pen is near lower left corner for scale.

Right: Dr. Libby Stern sampling water flowing through the mats.

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 Left: White microbial mats forming a dense filamentous plume from the Upper Spring, August 2000.

Right: Scott Engel and Megan Porter searching for aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates near white filamentous mats above the Upper Spring and Iron Pool area, August 2000.

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 Left: Thin crust of organic material associated with slimy biofilms and acid droplets, having a pH of 0.The droplets are visible in this image as shiny spots on the crust.

Right: Gypsum paste (or moonmilk) and gypsum needles with biofilms. The pH of the paste and drops was measured to be 0, as well. 

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 Left: Lower Spring oriface and white filamentous mats, May 1999.

Right: Upper Spring pool and oriface with black and red mats, May 1999.

 

Left: Megan Porter sampling Fissure Spring mats. August 2002. 

Right: Fissure Spring white filaments and gas bubbles (methane), August 2002..

Left: Witnessing history of field science!!!Phil Bennett setting up gas chromatograph in cave - first time ever! A very exciting moment... August 2002. 

Right: Katrina Mabin running samples on the GC - in the cave! Do the data dance!!!

Left: Katrina Mabin on the edge of the Upper Spring pool. August 2002. 

Right: Libby Stern at the outflow of Upper Spring pool, August 2002..

Left: Melissa Edwards, Katrina Mabin, and John Deans swimming in the Bighorn River after sampling Hellspont Cave. oooo fun! August 2002. 

Right: Bighorn River canyon, looking north. August 2002..

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