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Ogof Capel

December 04, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

Ogof Capel is a cave in the Clydach Gorge,  South Wales,  the cave passes under the Heads of the Valleys Road.  It’s a richly decorated cave with straw, helictite and crystal formations.  The cave is gated inside to protect it’s very fragile ‘pretties’ as formations are known to cavers.  The straw formations see here are hollow and very fragile.  They are formed as water drips from the roof containing calcite and other minerals leaving a tiny ring deposit, over thousands of years these deposits grow downwards forming these delicate straws.  It takes approximately 150 years for each centimeter of straw to form.

 

Ogof Capel 22-8-13 -43

 

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