Edge of light
by Gabriel Sigmund, Environmental Geosciences - Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science - University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Large interconnected cave systems are often found in limestone due to its high water solubility.
The Sumaguing Cave (in this picture) is within the Sagada formation that formed in the Eocene to Oligocene stages.
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- Asia (1061)
- South-Eastern Asia (152)
- Philippines (8)
- Exact location (120.9037 E, 17.0664 N)
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Taken on 14
December
2014
Submitted on 29 February 2016
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Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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