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English: Mule's Ear Drapery
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English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Mule's Ear Drapery
Description
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wet curtain-like cave formations hang off a cave wall

This formation is named because of its resemblance to a mule's long ears. Draperies, flowstone, and dripstone are common cave formations seen all over the world, but are rare in Wind Cave due to the lack of water. The shape of these formations depends on the movement of water entering the cave.

  • Keywords: calcite; drapery; mule's ear drapery; flowstone; speleothem; cave formation
Depicted place
English: Wind Cave National Park, Custer County, South Dakota
Date Taken on 27 December 2009
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42eafe2f-de81-4571-99aa-07ae601a7198
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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