Amazing Facts : Stalagmites and Stalactites: Nature’s Secret Climate Records
Think They’re Just Rocks? Stalagmites and Stalactites Tell a 10,000-Year Story The next time you visit another limestone cave, take a moment to look at the interesting, unusual shapes that take form as rocks hang from the ceiling or rise from the floor. Those are stalactites (the ones that hang) and stalagmites (the ones that…