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Wind Cave Room - Snowdrift Avenue

Snowdrift Avenue
Snowdrift Avenue
NPS Photo by D.A. Buehler
 
Named by Alan Howard in 1962 for the large quantities of aragonite frostwork found along the walls of this room.

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White Penstemon

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