Cave bacon lit from behind

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Cave bacon is formed when a thin stream of water dribbles down the edge and slowly leaves deposits over a very long time. In the end you get thin ribbony formations of minerals. This happens in limestone-based caves.

Soldiers Cave photograph. Cave bacon is formed when a thin stream of water dribbles down the edge and slowly leaves deposits over a very long time. In the end you get thin ribbony formations of minerals. This happens in limestone-based caves.