This image was taken during our second photo expedition to the cave.
Rumble room cave tennessee.
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It is almost 15 miles long and contains waterfalls and rivers and a large opening called the stupendous pit.
The climbers are pictured plunging downward into the 350ft rumble room a limestone cavern in tennessee thought to be one of the biggest caves in the u s.
Rumbling falls cave is situated in central tennessee under the dry fork creek addition to fall creek falls state park it is truly one of the finest caves in the south.
At nearly 15 miles in length it contains huge river passages sporting waterfall climbs and stupendous pit.
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It descends into the second largest cave room in the united states.
The intrepid cavers reached the cave by plunging down large waterfalls shimmying through tight underground spaces and swimming in the world s most remote underground rivers.
There are more than 14 000 known caves in tag 9 200 in tennessee 4 800 in alabama and 600 in georgia and there is a subculture of single minded cavers eager to probe them all.
Descent into the rumble room.
The rumble room rumbling falls cave van buren county tn.
I wanted to fully illuminate the rumble room.
Fujichrome sensia 100 om 2s 21mm lens b setting at f 3 5 6 meggaflash pf330 s 1 meggaflash pf300 tripod.
Jul 13 2012 the rumble room rumbling falls cave van buren county tn.
The climbers are pictured lowering themselves downward into the 350ft rumble room a limestone cavern in tennessee thought to be one of the biggest caves in the u s.
The rumble room in rumbling falls cave in east tennessee which measures approximately 350 feet from floor to ceiling 20 stories tall and covers four acres is one of the largest cave rooms ever discovered.