Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Mammoth Cave National Park, KY - UNESCO World Heritage Site

Place: Mammoth Cave National Park, KY - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Weather: Mostly Sunny 63/84F
Route: From Louisville 85 miles south on I-65 S.
Significance: Longest known cave system on earth (>400 miles), with every kind of cave formation known, and over 130 species within the caves.
Animals: Salamanders, cave crayfish, eyeless cave fish, cave crickets, roundworms, bats, snakes.
Websites: UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Park Service.







Images:

Stalactites and stalagmites (from nps.gov)

Entrance to cave (from nps.gov)

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