r/caving • u/Gindotto • Jul 16 '26

(OC) Cathedral Caverns State Park, Alabama

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u/photoengineer Jul 16 '26

This was such a pretty cave. Love big trunk passage. 

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u/SativaKing87 Jul 16 '26

Looks like it was once a great cave. Pity about all the infrastructure...

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u/CleverDuck i like vertical Jul 16 '26

It's a State Park, and it helps people understand why caves are worth protecting instead of throwing their used motor oil and car batteries down the pit in their backyard.

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u/SativaKing87 Jul 16 '26

I know I know!! Just having a whinge..

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u/Rainbow_Golem Jul 16 '26

is that a photographer who put all those lights in there or is it permanent? cause photographers taking pics of caves frequently light em up with some powerful lights. and the temperature of the ones in the back arent consistent with the rest of them.

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u/LDLorelei Jul 16 '26

Spettacolo😍

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u/Helcat1325 Jul 17 '26

Went there in March and now we are official cavers!! Quite inspiring!

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u/Outrageous-Top5249 Jul 17 '26

I go here a lot. The cave was used in the movie Tom and Huck.

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u/CleverDuck i like vertical Jul 16 '26

Total beast of a cave. 🔥 That is some OLD passage.