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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • THE 1.1 ON J' MOUTH coi,c\-;ai. colummj- STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES IN THOUSANDS OF FORMATIONS ARE SEEN angel dome, presenting the striking figure of an angel with outstretched wings. Passing beyond the range of all daylight, the visitor is aided in his exploration by powerful electric lights, which, shining upon the varied formations, produces many fantastic shadows and assists the imagination in the creation of odd figures and pictures without number. Descriptive paragraphs found in the year book of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club read in part as follows: "Stop and hear the faint flow of the silvery stream (inside the cave) on its way to the beautiful Holston. Farther ahead the cavern winds, inviting us to explore it, urging us to its remotest ends. Thousands of tons of solid rock support the mighty mountain above. We may falter slightly, but remember that 'through the ages' these rocks have held their positions without the slightest indication that they have moved. "Stalactites and stalagmites in thousands of formations are seen. Some are little, some are big, and in every kind of shape. Some glitter like diamonds, while some are dark drab. Some are as high as your head and as big as your body, while others are as tiny as needles. How long even the smallest ones have been in forming, only celestial records might reveal. With the thickness of a cigarette paper a year they have risen or fallen; yet they are there to interest or amaze us." Formations found in some of the remote recesses of the cave are called: the frozen bride, little boy in nighties, the arcade, the fish market, Noah's ark, hornet's nest, church window, pulpit, etc. Another is the garden of the gods, in "SOME AS LARGE AS YOUR BODY, SOME AS TINY „ j _ . r r. i . v , ct. ■ t . , as needles" a dome seventy-five feet high and fifty feet long.
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