Cave Pictures

Grotte de Roquebleu (Hérault, France)

Cave formed in blue marble.
Grotte de Roquebleu (Hérault, France).

Another image of the beautiful stratification of the Grotte de Roquebleu (Hérault, France)

Cave in Aude, France

Bufo Fret, Aude, France

Cabrespine, Aude, France

Grotte Amélineau (Lozère, France). Unique cave with several rooms that have 3 to 5 m long calcite straws

Aven de Lacas, Salle des Cendres (Aveyron, France). In this room at a depth of -180 m, everything is covered with a thick layer of black ashes and charcoal. At the surface, the big pine forests have been destroyed many times by fire. For many centuries the ashes washed down in this cave.

Aven de Lacas. Magnificent 60 m pit.

Grotte du Lançot (Doubs, France)

Aven de Lacas

Cave in the Aude, France

Gouffre des Essarlottes, Doubs, France

Gouffre des Essarlottes. In this cave in the Doubs dept (France) flows a spectacular river.

80 m pit in Aven de la Combe de Buis (Hérault, France)

One of the nicest "free drops" in France: the 146 m deep Puits du Grand Cèdre, in the Mont Marcou cave in France (Hérault)

Beautiful underground passage in a cave in the Hérault, France

Another passage in a cave in the Hérault, France

Very bizarre formation: one big formation growing on top of another collapsed one. Hérault, France

In Aven de la Combe de Buis, Hérault, France

A forest of "cheminées de fées" in Aven de la Combe de Buis, Hérault, France

Annette derigging the big 80 m pit in Aven de la Combe de Buis, Hérault, France

Splendid phreatic tube in Source de Rautély, Hérault, France

Source de Rautély, Hérault, France

Spectacular passage above a roaring river. Aven de Basset, Hérault, France.

Aven de Basset, Hérault, France.

Aven des Perles, a protected cave in the Aveyron, France.
In this cave, the sediment is dolomitic sable, not clay ar mud. You can walk around everywhere, without muddying the floor or formations.

In a small but very nice cave in France.

In a small but very nice cave in France. Very special: the giant "roof lapiaz"

In an important cave in the Hérault, France. At least 6 electronic flashes where used to light this big passage.

In an important cave in the Hérault, France

In an important cave in the Hérault, France. The cave was discovered just weeks before this picture.
We walk around on our socks because the floor is very fragile and white.

The same cave. These cones have been formed in deep pools.

An example of nice stratification (Hérault, France)

Extreme care is needed to keep this calcite universe clean. All muddy clothes have been abandoned.
Hérault, France.

Progression in this area is very difficult.

Big passage. Grotte de Malatière, Doubs, France