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The slowly moving water and acids eventually dissolve the stone to form tunnels, irregular passages, and even larger caverns along joints and between layers of rock. Of course not all caves are formed this way. Some are shaped by wind, ocean, and volcanic eruption. But the interplay of water and limestone or similar rock has carved by far the greatest number of caves. Nature's murky basements have never been more popular. Caves, within a few hours drive or crawl of most Americans, are attracting increasing numbers of spelunkers and sightseers. There are perhaps 50,000 caves in the United States, and of these about have been explored. They apstates except Rhode Island and Louisiana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Every dedicated spelunker hopes to find an undiscovered cave. As one professional caver put it: "Most of us can only dream of going into orbit. But tomorrow any of us could be standing where no man has ever been bef orein a new cave." 17,000 pear v pas-- , jf x urni i 0ii i r--- v . "v 100 r-"75- is?. I vM HERCULON COVER WITH SPRING v " . - m REG. FILLED MATTRESS $399.00 SSf5SS:!S!SS& . ,DNLY,. WV.v.v..v fr QUALITY BASSETT - IF" TRIPPLE DRESSER, --v -- v -- v squirm through dank, dark passageways. Tours of popular caves feature lighted manicured paths, tramways, even boat travel, the National Geographic Society reports. At peak visiting hours, the entrances to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky are jammed with people waiting to stroll the cavern's well lit subterranean trails on a variety of tours. One trip includes a boat ride on Echo River 360 feet underground. Mammoth, the world's longest known cave system, with 165 miles of explored tunnels, attracted 1,922,000 visitors in 1976. Carlsbad Caverns in New Runner-u- p Mexico counted 876,000 visitors. Architect and decorator, water has worked thousands of years to carve caves like Mammoth and Carlsbad. Absorbing carbon dioxide from tne air , NIGHT STAND iliii.. enthusi- OTHER OF HORDES STALACTITES ARE made by water seeping out of cavern ceilings and leaving a trail of mineral in tubular shape, like a soda straw. Where the drip continues, droplets falling to the 'floor build a stalagmite growing upward. Sometimes stalactite and stalagmite meet and grow together in a pillar or column. Scientists value caves as natural laboratories because underground they have a direct bearing on the underground water system. Cavernous limestone beds are among the most aquifers subsurface productive water-bearin- g rock formations in the United States and are, therefore, important sources of water. A cave whose seepage runs dry is termed "dead." Few opportunities exist for people to see both a young growing wet cave and an old dead one at the same location. 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