Locating in southern Indiana, Marengo Cave has splendid stalactite formations underground. The temperature inside the cave is about 10-11 Celsius while it is about 28-29 Celsius outside!I bought the ticket for two walking trails: Dripstone trail and Crystal Palace. The former one was about 70 minutes with lots of delicate soda straw formations and totem pole stalagmites. I barely felt the coolness since those beautiful stalagmites completely caught my attention. Listening to the guiding interpreter, I couldn’t believe that this cave was originally found by two little boys. While they found this cave, all they could use was just a piece of candle, exploring the "beauty" of this hidden underground paradise.
There were lots of coins (pennies and nickels) "in" the Penny Ceiling. I tried several times and tried to threw the coin, making it stay in the ceiling. It's like a wish pond on the ceiling. The little green or black rocks on the ceiling are magnetic. It's said we may have a good fortune of we can successfully throw a coin on the ceiling. Hahahahahaha…obviously, I got to tried more times before I left there!
These formations are beautiful. Let's hope they keep "growing" so that our generations can also enjoy the beauty of nature.
(Everyone in the walking tour was not allowed to touch anything in the cave. Human fingers have nature oil which will stop the growth of these formations. Think about it!!! Even a tiny stalagmites takes millions of years to grow as we can see there. Wow! Isn’t this amazing!?)
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