The interior of the Barton Creek Cave was spectacular. Very high ceiling and lots of limestone formations created over millions of years. Unfortunately I left my good camera on land, and I was paddling the canoe, so getting pictures was tough. In addition, our lighting in the cave was provided by hand held spot lights powered by 12 volt car batteries in the canoe. They were so bright they were dangerous to look into directly, but being spot lights they were useless for taking pictures. At one point we (very briefly) turned off all of our lights and it was utterly and totally dark. You literally could not see your hand in front of your face. It made me really wander what it must have been like exploring the caves (or holding ceremonies in them as the Maya did) before electric lights. The cave is big, and even burning torches would have only illuminated a small area. It must have been really scary being in the caves by torch or firelight.
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