Tag:gunung mulu national park
This photo was taken close by the location of yesterday’s flowstone photo. One feature in this photo that I remain curious about is the small curtain-like calcite growth from the floor that separates the pools of water. My inner geologist and caver don’t have answers for that one so any ideas would be appreciated.
If I were shooting this today, I’d try to get a person or something else in the shot to provide some scale. I’d also seek to use off-camera flash from the side the provide more interesting shadows that better emphasize the wonderful textures of this flowstone.
The photo below is of some flowstone in a cave in Mulu. Flowstone is formed from calcite where water flows down a wall. As the water is agitated, it outgasses it’s carbon dioxide leaving behind calcium carbonate, aragonite, gypsum or other minerals that were previously dissolved in the water.
The shot below is perhaps the classic Deer Cave shot. Mine is actually a seven-shot HDR – seven slides scanned and merged in Photomatix Pro.
As we went further into the massive passage that is Deer Cave, I turned back and go this shot back to the entrance.
The day after we watched the bats stream out of the Mulu caves my guide took me to Deer Cave. On the way we passed this dry riverbed. I was quite surprised
