Is the rock oozing blood?
IMG_6799, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Jeff examines the roof within and brings to my attention the oddly stained speleothems. We wondered as to whether the rock was this color due to natural iron pigments in the rock or was it some kind of pollutant leaching from the surface? I recall hearing of strange colored stalactites and curtains forming in a passage running under a cemetary in Toronto – in that case polluted by a century of formaldahyde and decay. I know that when we made an exploration of the “Stairway to Paradise” in Hamilton we saw similarly tinted formations and some really impressive orange soda straws hanging from the roof.
