Raspberry Rising
A glacier fed, marble resurgence in the heart of Glacier National Park, Canada
Raspberry Rising
We can only go into the cave in winter, when the glacier has locked up. Summer is way too much water. This picture is from October
6 km of passage with 3 stacked levels.
The middle surprises like this.
1000s of Soda straws, up to 4 m long!
Blue formations!
Allophane: Related to copper; it is an amorphous to poorly crystalline hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineraloid. A blue stalagtite dripped this glassy blue sheet on a rock below.