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	A flat poured floor, leads though the various tunnels, fissures, and crevices.
	These partially worn boxworks look like a bunch of ragged teeth.
	Not the layers of different rocks, and the variety of textures and colors.
	Another tunnel through the red rock, which seems to be the base of the Black Hills. Though it is not commonly seen at the surface here, out around the Devil's Tower area, you can see a number of areas where this rock is exposed, by more aggressive erosion.
	A series of photos of boxwork. These were formed long before the formation of the cave itself, and could not have been created by the same types of forces as those which made the cave.
	Heading past this area of boxwork, and venturing further down in to the cave.
	Things can get a little tight here; but not unreasonably so. I may need to lose some weight, if I want to be a real caver.
	Out in one of the relatively open areas. A look at the wall, shows the layering of the area rocks.
	Of course, photographs must be taken. Rangers have advised me that they hate digital cameras. Where people had formerly taken, perhaps a few dozen photos, they are now constantly stopping, to take hundreds.
	Left and Above: Moe boxworks, looking like a sort of a honeycomb. Below: Through the tunnels, and heading down, once more.
	Some of the rock seems to flow like a drapery, down from the ceiling. Note the boxwork construction.
	Moving on, past boxwork walls and ceiling.
	Some of the areas are reinforced, and always, we are headed further down.
	A close up of some of the eroded boxworks, showing the heterogeneous make up of this particular example.
	Left: There is no colored lighting down here. Note the variety of shades, of the differently composed rocks. This cave has had a very complex history. Below: A close up of some boxwork structures.
	Left: The jumble of rocks, which sometimes passes for a path down here. Below: A rare open area. Bottom: A wall featuring the cave's signature boxwork.

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