• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wind Cave Room - Cactus Patch

Cactus Patch
Cactus Patch
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 

Discovered by Bob Kobza, Shaun Larson, and Jim Pisarowicz on December 9, 1987.  This passage is coated with aragonite frostwork. The sharp needles of the frostwork made the cavers think that they were traveling through a "cactus patch".

Did You Know?

Porcupine in tree

Porcupine babies are called porcupettes.  When they are born they have 15,000 quills. Porcupettes are born in the spring and, lucky for mom, the quills are soft. They can climb trees within an hour of birth. More...